Operations Management (8th Edition)

Author: Jay Heizer et al.
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Co-authored by American scholars Jay Heizer and Barry Render, "Operations Management" (8th Edition) is a best-selling operations management textbook in the United States. Previous editions of this book have been read by 400,000 readers. Compared to similar textbooks, it has the following features:
1. It presents the various aspects of corporate operations management from a global perspective, integrating corporate strategy and business ethics throughout every chapter. The book has a well-structured and comprehensive content.
2. It equally emphasizes both manufacturing and service industries. The book not only elaborates on production management in manufacturing and its new developments but also provides a thorough introduction to the operations management of service industries represented by restaurants, hospitals, and universities, addressing the common bias in general operations management textbooks toward manufacturing production management.
3. The book is organized around the work content of operations management managers, closely aligning with the ten decision areas of operations management, significantly enhancing its practicality.
4. The quantitative analysis models are placed in Part IV for dedicated introduction, allowing readers with different backgrounds to choose what to read. The first three parts of the book comprehensively cover the fundamental content of operations management, while Part IV is available for readers to delve deeper into quantitative discussions. The book is not only suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and MBA students in management but also for professionals in manufacturing and service industries engaged in production and operations management.