Operations Management for Business Excellence

<p>All businesses strive for excellence in today’s technology-based environment in which customers want solutions at the touch of a button. This highly regarded textbook provides in-depth coverage of the principles of operations and supply chain management and explains how to design implement and maintain processes for sustainable competitive advantage. This text offers a unique combination of theory and practice with a strategic results-driven approach.</p><p>Now in its fourth edition <i>Operations Management for Business Excellence</i> has been updated to reflect major advances and future trends in supply chain management. A new chapter on advanced supply chain concepts covers novel logistics technology information systems customer proximity sustainability and the use of multiple sales channels. As a platform for discussion the exploration of future trends includes self-driving vehicles automation and robotics and omnichannel retailing. Features include:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>A host of international case studies and examples to demonstrate how theory translates to practice including Airbus Hewlett Packard Puma and Toyota.</li> <p> </p> <li>A consistent structure to aid learning and retention: Each chapter begins with a detailed set of learning objectives and finishes with a chapter summary a set of discussion questions and a list of key terms.</li> </ul><p>Fully comprehensive with an emphasis on the practical this textbook should be core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of operations management and supply chain management. It would also appeal to executives who desire an understanding of how to achieve and maintain ‘excellence’ in business. Online resources include lecture slides a glossary test questions downloadable figures and a bonus chapter on project management.</p>