Operations Management (Electronic Resource)
by Prof. Nigel Slack, etc., Stuart Chambers, Christine Harland, Alan Harrison, and Robert Johnston
This text focuses on the major themes currently shaping the field of operations management: (1) international operations, (2) service operations, (3) quality and continuous improvement, (4) strategy, (5) use of computers and other technologies in OM, and (6) environmental issues.
In today's confrontational and connected world, communication is the key strategic act. This book uses drama theory-a radical extension of game theory-to show how best to communicate so as to manage the emotionally charged confrontations occurring in any worthwhile relationship. Alongside a toolset that provides a systematic framework for analysing conflicts, drama theory explains why people need to listen to, and rely on, their feelings to help shake themselves out of fixed, unproductive positi...
Purchasing and Materials Management's Role in Total Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction
by Joseph R. Carter
Manufacturing and Marketing (Tracks Directory S., v. 6)
by N.P. James, J. Barber, and S. James
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Guide to Supply Chain Management, A (FT Press Operations Management)
by Alexandre Oliveira and Anne Gimeno
Managing supply networks for innovation and competitive advantage: Concepts, models, roadmaps, and more Capture, organize, and fully utilize your #1 supply chain resource: knowledge Systematically improve strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making Improve your capabilities for managing and competing on supply networks Best-practice supply chain management transcends yesterday's functional silos. Today, it requires a comprehensive approach t...
This significantly expanded and newest edition of the bestselling HIMSS Dictionary of Health Information and Technology Terms, Acronyms and Organizations has been developed and extensively reviewed by a robust team of industry experts. The fifth edition of this dictionary serves as a quick reference for students, health information and technology (IT) professionals, and healthcare executives to better navigate the ever-growing health IT field. This valuable resource includes more than 3,400 def...
METODOLOGIA SEIS SIGMA para el CONTROL DE CALIDAD. Aplicaciones con MINITAB
by Maria Perez Marques
The Basics of FMEA, 2nd Edition
by Raymond J. Mikulak, Robin McDermott, and Michael Beauregard
Demonstrates How To Perform FMEAs Step-by-Step Originally designed to address safety concerns, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is now used throughout the industry to prevent a wide range of process and product problems. Useful in both product design and manufacturing, FMEA can identify improvements early when product and process changes are relatively easy and inexpensive to make. Updated to include changes reflected in ISO/TX-16949:2002 standards and 2008 AIAG guidelines, The Basics o...
Production Planning and Inventory Control
by Seethrarama L. Narasimhan, Dennis W. Mcleavy, and Peter J. Billington
Appropriate for courses in Production Planning and Inventory Control. This example-driven text covers the basics of manufacturing planning and control with the needs of the modern manufacturing organization in mind. In describing how to utilize the manufacturing resources of an organization in the most efficient and effective ways possible, the Second Edition examines both traditional topics and important new concepts.
The ISO 14000 EMS Audit Handbook is an innovative and cost-effective approach for the Environmental Management System (EMS) audit to ISO 14001. The Handbook presents comprehensive strategies for conducting all phases of the EMS audit, including effective assessment processes for determining improved environmental performance.
Medical practice and research are inconceivable today without electronic computing and communication tools. Digital machines do many tasks orders-of-magnitude better, faster and more accurately than humans.Still, there are functions critical to the healthcare endeavor that people do much better than machines, things like: understanding and using natural language; perceiving what is unexpressed; taking into account values, culture, ethics, and human relationships; touching and healing. For the fo...
In this original work, Tom Lawry takes readers on a journey of understanding what we learned from fighting a global pandemic and how to apply these learnings to solve healthcare's other big challenges. This book is about empowering clinicians and consumers alike to take control of what is important to them by harnessing the power of AI and the Intelligent Health Revolution to create a sustainable system that focuses on keeping all citizens healthy while caring for them when they are not.
The roles of corporate and public stewards and the nature of their social contract with society have been changing over the past two centuries, and those changes have accelerated in recent decades. Moreover, with increasing focus on sustainability factors from the marketplace (regulators, investors, financiers, and consumers), corporate sustainability disclosure is shifting from voluntary to vital. Corporate and public stewards are now responsible for their performance and services from cradle-t...
Online Course: Operations Management & WbCT Pin Card
by Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers, and Robert Johnston
This is an online course pack consisting of Slack: Operations Management ISBN: 0273646575 & access to a Pearson Education online course ISBN: 0273673491
Lean RFS (Repetitive Flexible Supply)
by Ian Fraser Glenday and Rick Sather
Is it possible to be repetitive and flexible at the same time? Using proven examples and quantifiable evidence, Lean RFS (Repetitive Flexible Supply): Putting the Pieces Together demonstrates that repetitive flexible supply (RfS) is not only possible, but that its implementation can help you reach a new level of improved performance in manufacturin
Lean Six SIGMA, Chapter 6 - Infrastructure and Deployment Planning
by Michael George
Quality in Business Performance (Business Performance Improvement - Practitioner S.)
by Keith Beasley