Production and operations management

Muhlemann, Alan

Production and operations management - 6th ed. - [London] : ELBS with Pitman, 1992. - x, 566 pages : illustrations ;

Includes index

Part 1. Strategy and interfaces: --
The production operations --
Function and the organization --
Production operations --
Strategy planning and controlling the operations --
Production /operations management and financial management --
Production /operations management in manufacturing and services --
Part 2. The product or service: --
Marketing and product service design --
Product service-value and variety --
Quality reliability --
Part 3. The plant or facilities: --
Product, service, operations and competitive strategies --
Location and design of facilities --
Layout of facilities --
Equipment selection --
Maintenance of the facilities and equipment --
Part 4. The processes: --
Production /operations systems design --
Manufacturing systems design method --
Study work measurement --
Controlling quality through measurement --
Controlling quality through counting --
Part 5. The programmes or resource plans: --
Operations control-an introduction --
Forecasting capacity management and operations scheduling --
Manufacturing planning --
Case study --
Data capture and release inventory management --
Manufacturing planning and control systems --
Project management --
Resource allocation-linear programming --
Purchasing objectives and policies-organizing --
Part 6. The people: --
Production /operations and personnel management --
Health and safety management.

Structured around the 5 Ps model - Product, Plant, Processes, Programmes and People - this text considers production and operations management. This edition contains greater coverage of quality and reliability, short-term forecasting and new material on OPT, MRP and MRP(II).

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