Operations Management (9th Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (696 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0136065767 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has received three best-paper awards. He received the Distinguished Service Award in 2003. MALHOTRA is the Jeff B. RITZMAN is the Thomas J. His research has thematically focused on the deployment of flexible resources in manufacturing and service firms, and on the interface between operations and supply chain management and other functional areas of business. He has been involved in the Mid-Carolina chapter of APICS as its past President, executive board member, and an instructor of professional level CPIM certification courses. He is certified as the Fellow of American Production and Inventory Management Society (CFPIM), and has conducted seminars and consulted with firms such as John Deere, Metso Corporati
Excellent textbook! Mel Very well written (9th. ed.); easy to read and understand. Many interesting and relevant case studies provided. Each chapter contains several completed and fully explained sample problem exercises. No solutions are provided for the end of chapter problem sets (a few would have been nice) but you don't really need solutions because the in chapter examples are so thorough and walk you through each step/equation/ etc. Also, free online publishers website content contains the OM tutorial and solver (easy to download and very useful) and Excel templates. So far, t. Thorough text I found the layout and examples in the book to be very helpful. The coverage overall was comprehensive and the problems and case studies at the end of each chapter were sometimes challenging but doable. Certainly more detailed information can be found on the subjects covered but overall it gave a cohesive look at the subject. Too Focused on Manufacturing at the Expense of Service Industries. In terms of the subject matter, this is a good introductory text. My main complaint is that it is focused so much on manufacturing. That's only a small fraction of GDP, and it felt like it didn't really apply to me. I say this as the book was a required text in my MBA class on operations management. We also read Goldratt's "The Goal," itself a weird textbook / novel hybrid.The thing is that I think is lacking is that operations are important for service-related industries, but they get scant attention here. You have to take the lessons of the book and extrapo
from the University of Wisconsin. His research has thematically focused on the deployment of flexible resources in manufacturing and service firms, and on the interface between operations and supply chain management and other functional areas of business. MALHOTRA is the Jeff B. Manoj has won several teaching awards, including the Alfred
This text uses a systemized approach while focusing on issues of current interest. Creating value through Operations Management. Operations Management provides readers with a comprehensive framework for addressing operational process and supply chain issues. The latest edition of this text has been revised to integrate a supply chain orientation.