Production and Operations Management

Author: Zhang Qun
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Publish Date: 2006-01-28
Features: Based on summarizing past teaching experience, this book incorporates new achievements in modern production and operations management. Its characteristics include: systematically and comprehensively introducing the content of production and operations management, not only emphasizing the production management concepts and methods in the manufacturing field, but also specifically explaining the particularities of the service field and its operations management methods, as well as introducing new methods and concepts that have had a significant impact in the field of production and operations management in recent years. For the convenience of teaching and to help students grasp the key points of the textbook, each chapter includes typical examples, as well as a certain number of thought-provoking questions, exercises, and case analyses. The book consists of twelve chapters, covering topics such as production and operations strategy decision-making, the location and layout of production system facilities, the organization of assembly lines, work study, production and operations planning, manufacturing resource planning (MRP), research and development of new products, supply chains and their management, project management, new production and operations methods, equipment management, and quality management. This book can be used as a textbook for management majors in higher education institutions, as well as for MBA students and relevant professionals.