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Operations Management For Dummies

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Operations Management For Dummies simplifies the essentials of managing business operations, offering insights into the fundamentals of designing, producing, and distributing goods and services efficiently. The book covers core topics such as process design, supply chain management, and quality control, providing practical strategies for optimizing productivity and decision-making in a business environment. It's an accessible guide for anyone seeking to improve operational efficiency within their organisation.
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If you want to better understand the essentials of improving productivity and efficiency within business operations, this guide can be quite enlightening. Ideal for those pursuing a career in business management or entrepreneurship, it breaks down complex concepts into user-friendly insights, helping you hone skills crucial for effective decision-making and strategic planning.

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Operations Management For Dummies

Score your highest in Operations Management Operations management is an important skill for current and aspiring business leaders to develop and master. It deals with the design and management of products, processes, services, and supply chains.

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Score your highest in Operations Management

Operations management is an important skill for current and aspiring business leaders to develop and master. It deals with the design and management of products, processes, services, and supply chains. Operations management is a growing field and a required course for most undergraduate business majors and MBA candidates. Now, Operations Management For Dummies serves as an extremely resourceful aid for this difficult subject.

This book tracks to a typical course in operations management or operations strategy, covering topics such as evaluating and measuring existing systems' performance and efficiency, materials management and product development, using tools like Six Sigma and Lean production, designing new, improved processes, and defining, planning, and controlling costs of projects.

  • Clearly organises and explains complex topics
  • Serves as a supplement to your Operations Management textbooks
  • Helps you score your highest in your Operations Management course

Whether your aim is to earn an undergraduate degree in business or an MBA, Operations Management For Dummies is indispensable supplemental reading for your operations management course.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118551066

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 July 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 239.0mm

Weight: 510g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Mary Ann Anderson is a consultant in supply chain management and operations strategy. Dr. Edward Anderson is Associate Professor of Operations Management at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. Dr. Geoffrey Parker is Professor of Management Science at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

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