Nigel Slack Livres

Textbook written for undergraduate courses in business studies and related subjects.

Failure prevention. Capacity planning. Supply chain management. Process technology. Layout. MRP.

Everyone manages processes, making each individual an operations manager. This text integrates services and manufacturing operations more comprehensively than any previous Operations Management textbook, making it particularly suitable for an MBA audience from diverse organizational backgrounds. It contextualizes operations management and emphasizes process management, highlighting the prevalence of processes beyond traditional operational areas. Written by leading authors, this comprehensive text demonstrates the relevance and excitement of Operations Management in both business and everyday life. It adopts a managerial perspective, offering clear coverage along with a CD for practice and exploration of core concepts. A diagnostic approach equips readers with essential questions to assess and enhance their company's operations. The book includes real-world cases that provide insights into managing operations, while interactive cases allow readers to engage in decision-making processes to tackle operational challenges. A balanced mix of service and manufacturing examples fosters a practical understanding of the material. Additionally, an interactive study guide with videos, animated diagrams, and Excel spreadsheets offers further practical guidance on key concepts. This resource is ideal for students enrolled in practically-oriented MBA, executive MBA, or executive courses in Operations and Process Management.

This book provides a treatment of operations strategy which is clear and well structured, and seeks to apply some of the ideas of operations strategy to a variety of businesses and organisations.

This textbook offers a clear introduction to essential operations management principles, focusing on directing, designing, delivering, and developing operations. It includes updated content, real-life examples, and a new section on responsible operations, making it a valuable resource for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

The study and practice of operations has shifted to reflect the new challenges and uncertainties of how to thrive in today's ever-changing world. The Operations Advantage identifies the most significant challenges to the practice of operations management and gives guidance on how businesses can respond. Leaders need to link the strategic objectives of the business clearly and logically to its operation's performance objectives. The book presents a series of ten activities that will help them to do this and therefore make operations work better, such as designing and configuring internal processes and resourcing the operations appropriately.Based on the global teaching, training and consultancy conducted by the author, The Operations Advantage looks at the application of operations management across a range of sectors, including finance, healthcare, professional services, oil and gas industries Although these diverse sectors require operations practitioners to apply knowledge in different ways, they essentially deal with the same set of processes. The book is an indispensable and unique guide for anyone with an operational role in any organization, as well as operations management students and academics.

The third edition of this clearly structured case book has been expanded and updated, and includes an introduction to the analysis of operations management cases. Key areas of operations management are dealt with, including new areas such as operations strategy, performance measurement and TPM.