The term "production" has its roots in studies of manufacturing and the term "operations" has become popular in recent years to reflect broader interests including services and distribution. This book provides the analytical methods used to support the functions of production and operations management. The text provides thorough coverage of the state of the art quantitative models used in operations,and yet it is presented in a clean,easy to understand fashion. It teaches higher level material (more than the traditional intro text),but lower than the traditional technical texts. The author's background and training in engineering combined with his teaching experience with non-mathematical business students are exemplified in the organization,choice of examples,and presentation of the text.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ch. 1 Strategy and Competition
Ch. 2 Forecasting
Ch. 3 Aggregate Planning
Ch. 4 Inventory Control Subject to Known Demand
Ch. 5 Inventory Control Subject to Uncertain Demand
Ch. 6 Supply Chain Management
Ch. 7 Push and Pull Production Control Systems: MRP and JIT
Ch. 8 Operations Scheduling
Ch. 9 Project Scheduling
Ch. 10 Facilities Layout and Location
Ch. 11 Quality and Assurance
Ch. 12 Reliability and Maintainability

Appendix Tables
Index