Production and Operations Management: Theory and Practice

Author: Zhou Shuiyin
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: In the field of production and operation management, new terms are constantly emerging, and new methods are continuously appearing. Does production and operation management have a theory? Are there patterns in the changes of production methods? Through observations and reviews of production management practices, and building on existing research, this book summarizes theories guiding production activities: the Theory of Supply-Demand Coordination, the Theory of Labor Division, the Theory of Resource Integration, and the Theory of Harmony between Humanity and Nature. It summarizes six competitive factors and the laws governing their changes as consumption levels rise. It elaborates on the typical production methods—such as mass production, precision production, integrated manufacturing, agile manufacturing, mass customization, and green manufacturing—along with their patterns of change under the influence of major competitive factors. It explores the management models centered on the enterprise versus those centered on the customer. It provides detailed elaboration on production management based on cost competition, quality competition, flexibility competition, time competition, service competition, and environmental competition.