Manager's Guide to Operations Management

  • 4h 6m
  • John Kamauff
  • McGraw-Hill
  • 2010

How do you operate at maximum efficiency with minimum cost? Manager’s Guide to Operations Management addresses one of the most pressing business issues of our time by offering easy-to implement advice on creating the most effective, streamlined operations possible. This quick-reference guide explains how to:

  • Improve your production processes
  • Boost quality using the Six Sigma approach
  • Manage supply chains and inventory
  • Forecast, plan, and schedule efficiently

With Manager’s Guide to Operations Management, you have the tools you need to ensure a smooth, steady work flow while producing products and services of the highest quality—the secret to business success.

About the Author

Dr. John Kamauff is a principal with Archstone Consulting specializing in supply chain management and strategic sourcing.

In this Book

  • Operations Management—Combining Art, Science, and Good Shoes
  • Product Design and Process Development—Build It Right and They Will Come
  • Improving Production Processes—The Best Keeps Getting Better
  • Quality and Operations Management—The Journey Without End
  • Lean Thinking (and Doing)
  • Operations Management as a System—Supply Chain—The Tie That Binds and Creates Value
  • Managing Projects Creating the Light at the End of the Tunnel
  • Forecasting, Planning, and Scheduling—Taking the Guesswork Out of Guesswork
  • Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics, and Outsourcing—Find It, Get It, and Keep It!
  • Inventory Management—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Operations Technology—Paving the Way Operations Should Work
  • Corporate Social Responsibility—Saving the Planet Is Good Business
  • The Role of the Operations Manager—Using Science and Art to Meet the Challenges Ahead
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