Introduction to Operations & Supply Chain Management

For the core course in Operations Management.This is the first text to provide an integrated and comprehensive treatment of both operations and supply chain management. Students learn how firms must link with their supply chain partners in order to gain a market advantage.For the core course in Operations Management.This is the first text to provide an integrated and comprehensive treatment of both operations and supply chain management. Students learn how firms must link with their supply chain partners in order to gain a market advantage.Interested in integrating more Supply Chain Management coverage into your curriculum? Why not your Operations Management course?Integrated Operations & Supply Chain Management Approach. While a strong internal operations function is vital to a firm's survival, it is not sufficient in today's business. -Demonstrates how firms must also understand how to link with their supply chain partners. See inside Front Cover end-papers for integrated presentation.Unique Chapters. Features two chapters not found in other operations Management texts. Written to meet the needs of organizations that seek employees who have been exposed to traditional supply chain management areas such as purchasing and logistics. Sourcing Decisions and the Purchasing Process (Ch. 10) describes the purchasing process in detail, as well as the factors that affect a firm's decision to source a product or service. Logistics (Ch. 11) deals with the physical flow of goods throughout the supply chain, and covers such areas as transportation, warehousing, materials handling, packaging, inventory management, and logistics information systems.OTHER POINTS OF DIFFERENTIATIONThorough coverage of Analytic Tools and Techniques. Provides students with a fundamental toolkit of techniques most frequently used in practice that can be applied to any manufacturing or service environment. See inside Front Cover end-papers for specifics.Extends discussion of services' role in the economy. Like other books in the area, we have included numerous service examples throughout. However, we take it a step further. Because the supply chain perspective is integrated throughout, we can cover real-world service issues that fall outside of the scope of traditional books