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Operations strategy : competing in the 21st century / Sara L. Beckman, Donald B. Rosenfield.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xvii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0072500786
  • 9780072500783
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.503 22
LOC classification:
  • HD38.5 .B43 2008
Contents:
1. Business Strategy Context for Operations Strategy -- 2. Vertical Integration -- 3. Process Technology -- 4. Capacity Strategy -- 5. Facilities Strategy and Globalization -- 6. Sourcing -- 7. Business Process Focused Strategies and Organizational Design -- 8. Coordinating the Supply Chain -- 9. Information Technology -- 10. Cross-Cutting Capabilities - Lean Operations, Quality, and Flexibility -- 11. Strategy Development and Practice.
Summary: "Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century addresses the basic decisions leaders of operations must address: vertical integration, capacity, facilities, process technology, information technology, sourcing, business process management, capabilities development and supply chain integration. In doing so, the book integrates strategic considerations with analytical models, thereby providing a comprehensive view of these critical decisions and the tools used to help make them. The themes and conclusions offered by the authors are based on recent research, particularly from the Leaders for Manufacturing program at MIT. Students and instructors can be sure that they are receiving the most up-to-date examples of companies engaged in making these decisions."--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 658.503 BEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A427940B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Business Strategy Context for Operations Strategy -- 2. Vertical Integration -- 3. Process Technology -- 4. Capacity Strategy -- 5. Facilities Strategy and Globalization -- 6. Sourcing -- 7. Business Process Focused Strategies and Organizational Design -- 8. Coordinating the Supply Chain -- 9. Information Technology -- 10. Cross-Cutting Capabilities - Lean Operations, Quality, and Flexibility -- 11. Strategy Development and Practice.

"Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century addresses the basic decisions leaders of operations must address: vertical integration, capacity, facilities, process technology, information technology, sourcing, business process management, capabilities development and supply chain integration. In doing so, the book integrates strategic considerations with analytical models, thereby providing a comprehensive view of these critical decisions and the tools used to help make them. The themes and conclusions offered by the authors are based on recent research, particularly from the Leaders for Manufacturing program at MIT. Students and instructors can be sure that they are receiving the most up-to-date examples of companies engaged in making these decisions."--Publisher description.

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