OPERATIONS NOW (SIE): Supply Chain Profitability & Performance, 3/e
Byron J. Finch,
Miami University of Ohio-Oxford
ISBN: 0070666938 Copyright year: 2008
Designed for the introductory course on operations management in MBA and undergraduate management programs, the text introduces operations from a vantage point that encompasses both the entire organization and the broader supply network. The author begins his discussion of OM by first establishing the goal to which any high quality operation must aspire: the goal of profitability. Then he goes on to present operations within a context of all the functional areas of an organization as well as the supply chain network serving it.
Feature highlights:
Based on a unique Resource-Profit model that represents a framework for discussion
Treats the subject within the context of the entire organization and with reference to the functional areas that comprise it and addresses both the internal and external forces that influence the design of a firm’s operations
Has rich learning aids -- chapter-opening outlines, objectives and vignettes, key definitions, three types of boxed exhibits, real-world examples embedded in the narrative, end-of-chapter summaries, solved problems, key formulae, key terms, review and discussion questions, elementary and advanced problems, and three types of case studies
2008
Tata McGraw-Hill