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Why is flexibility important? Why is cost important? Trade-offs between performance objectives
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Summary answers to key questions Case study: Operations objectives at the Penang Mutiara Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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About the authors
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Chapter 3 Operationsjtrategy
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Operations management
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What is operations management? Operations management is important in all types of organization The input-transformation-output process The process hierarchy Operations processes have different characteristics What do operations managers do?
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Summary answers to key questions 30 Case study: Design house partnerships at Concept Design Services 31 Problems and applications 34 Selected further reading 34 Useful websites 35
Chapter 2 Operations performance
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Operations performance is vital for any organization Why is quality important? Why is speed important? Why is dependability important?
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What is strategy and what is operations strategy? The 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' perspectives The market requirements and operations resources perspectives How can an operations strategy be put together? Summary answers to key questions Case study: Long Ridge Gliding Club Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
70 73 77 86 89 91 92 93 93
Part Two DESIGN Chapter 4 process design Introduction What is process design? What objectives should process design have? Process types - the volume-variety effect on process design Detailed process design Summary answers to key questions Case study: The Action Response Applications Processing Unit (ARAPU) Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Chapter 5 Innovation a n d design in services and products
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How does innovation impact on design? Why is good design so important? The stages of design - from concept to specification What are the benefits of interactive design?
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Operations management and process technology What do operations managers need to know about process technology? How are process technologies evaluated? How are process technologies implemented?
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Summary answers to key questions Case study: Rochem Ltd
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Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Chapter 9 People, j o b s a n d organization
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Summary answers to key questions Case study: Chatsworth - the adventure playground decision Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Chapter 6 Supply n e t w o r k design
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The supply network perspective Configuring the supply network Where should an operation be located? libng-term capacity management Break-even analysis of capacity expansion
153 155 160 168 174
People in operations Human resource strategy Organization design Job design Allocate work time
253 253 256 259 271
Summary answers to key questions Case study: Disneyland Resort Paris (abridged)
175 176
Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
180 182 182
Summary answers to key questions Case study: Service Adhesives try again Problems and applications Selected further reading
273 21A 276 277
Useful websites
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Supplement to Chapter 9 Work study
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Supplement to Chapter 6 Forecasting
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Introduction
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Forecasting - knowing the options In essence forecasting is simple Approaches to forecasting Selected further reading
183 184 185 190
Chapter 7 Layout and flow
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Introduction
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What is layout? 193 The basic layout types 193 What type of layout should an operation choose? 200 How should each basic layout type be designed in detail? 204 Summary answers to key questions Case study: North West Constructive Bank (abridged)
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Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites ,
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Method study in job design Work measurement in job design
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Part Three DELIVER - P L A N N I N G A N D C O N T R O L L I N G OPERATIONS
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Chapter 10 The nature o f p l a n n i n g a n d c o n t r o l
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Introduction
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What is planning and control? The effect of supply and demand on planning and control Planning and control activities Controlling operations is not always routine
290 293 299 314
Summary answers to key questions
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Case study: subText Studios, Singapore (abridged) Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites "
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Chapter 11 Capacity management
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Introduction
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What is capacity management? How is capacity measured? Coping with demand fluctuation How can operations plan their capacity level? How is capacity planning a queuing problem?
324 326 334 343 348
Summary answers to key questions Case study: Blackberry Hill Farm Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
353 354 358 360 360
Supplement to Chapter 11 Analytical Queuing Models
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Introduction
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Notation Variability Incorporating Little's law Types of queuing system
361 361 363 363
Chapter 12 Inventory management
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Introduction
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What is inventory? Why should there be any inventory? How much to order - the volume decision When to place an order - the timing decision How can inventory be controlled?
370 372 376 388 392
Summary answers to key questions Case study: supplies4medics.com Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Chapter 13 Supply chain management Introduction
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What is supply chain management? The activities of supply chain management Single-and multi-sourcing
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Relationships between operations in a supply chain How do supply chains behave in practice? How can supply chains be improved?
419 424 426
Summary answers to key questions Case study: Supplying fast fashion Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
433 434 437 438 438
Chapter 14 Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
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Introduction
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What is ERP? How did ERP develop? Implementation of ERP systems
440 441 449
Summary answers to key questions Case study: Psycho Sports Ltd Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
451 452 454 455 455
Supplement to Chapter 14 Materials requirements planning (MRP)
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Introduction
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Master production schedule The bill of materials (BOM) Inventory records The MRP netting process MRP capacity checks
456 458 459 459 461
Summary
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Chapter 15 Lean synchronization
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Introduction
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What is lean synchronization? How does lean synchronization eliminate waste? Lean synchronization applied throughout the supply network Lean synchronization compared with other approaches
465
Summary answers to key questions Case study: The National Tax Service (NTS) Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Introduction
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What is project management? How are projects planned and controlled? What is network planning?
497 500 514
Summary answers to key questions Case study: United Photonics Malaysia Sdn Bhd Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
526 527 531 532 533
The key elements of operations improvement The broad approaches to managing improvement What techniques can be used for improvement? Summary answers to key questions Case study: GCR Insurance Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Chapter 19 Risk management
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Chapter 17 Quality management
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What is risk management? Assessing the potential causes of and risks from failure , Preventi ng fai I u re How can operations mitigate the effects of failure? 556 How can operations recover from the effects of failure? 557 559 Summary answers to key questions 560 Case study: Slagelse Industrial 560 Services (SIS) Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites 562
Introduction
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Control charts Variation in process quality Control charts for attributes Control chart for variables Process control, learning and knowledge Summary Selected further reading Useful websites
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What is quality and why is it so important? How can quality problems be diagnosed? Conformance to specification Achieving conformance to specification Total quality management (TQM) Summary answers to key questions Case study: Turnround at the Preston plant Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Chapter 18 Operations improvement
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Introduction
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Why is improvement so important in operations management?
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Chapter 20 Organizing for improvement
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Introduction
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Why the improvement effort needs organizing Li n ki ng i m p rovem ents to strategy What information is needed for improvement? .What should be improvement priorities? How can organizational culture affect improvement? Key implementation issues Summary answers to key questions Case study: Re-inventing Singapore's libraries Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites
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Part Five CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Chapter 21 Operations and corporate social responsibility (CSR)
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What is corporate social responsibility? The wider view of corporate social responsibility
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How can operations managers analyse CSR issues?
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Summary answers to key questions Case study: CSR as it is presented Problems and applications Selected further reading Useful websites