Operations Management - WITH Quantitative Analysis in Operations Management AND Companion Website with Gradetracker Student Access Card: Operations Management (Paperback, 5th Revised edition)

How does an organisation ...*create and deliver products at lower cost and with higher revenue? *meet the challenges posed by changes in customer preferences, internet-based technologies and global supply networks? *promote creativity, manage knowledge and innovation, and encourage social responsibility in finding solutions to those challenges? The answer is through effective operations management. Managing operations is important, exciting and challenging, and it's central to successful organisational performance. In this market-leading text, Slack, Chambers and Johnston bring to life their comprehensive, practical and strategic view of operations management with over 100 contemporary and international examples of operations in practice, as well as providing critical commentaries on areas of academic contention and professional debate. Tracking the latest developments in the field, the fifth edition of Operations Management examines issues such as: *Supply-chain planning that enables the fast fashion' Zara, H&M and Benetton *How information technology helped the city of New Orleans in recovering from Hurricane Katrina *The outsourcing of laptop manufacturing by Apple, Dell and Sony *The greening' of operations in Hewlett Packard's recycling programme

General

Imprint:	Financial Times Prentice Hall
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	Nigel Slack • Stuart Chambers • Robert Johnston • Alistair Brandon-Jones
Dimensions:	264 x 196mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Edition:	5th Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4082-1537-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Production & quality control management Promotions
LSN:	1-4082-1537-3
Barcode:	9781408215371

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