Operations and supply chain management. The core /
F. Robert Jacobs, Indiana University, Richard B. Chase, University of Southern California.
- Fourth edition.
- xxiv, 520 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
About the Authors:
F. Robert Jacobs is Chase Faculty Fellow Professor of Operations Management at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering as well as Computer and Information Science, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Operations Management all from The Ohio State University.
Richard Chase
Richard B. Chase is Director of the Center for Operations Management Research and Education at USC. He is widely published in both books and academic journals and is considered one of the top service "gurus" in the field. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Operations Management, an Advisor to Production and Operations Management journal, and a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Strategy and Analytics 1. Operations and Supply Chain Management 2. Strategy and Sustainability 3. Forecasting 4. Strategic Capacity Management A. Learning Curves 5. Projects Manufacturing and Service Processes 6. Manufacturing Processes A. Break-Even Analysis 7. Service Processes 8. Sales and Operations Planning 9. Material Requirements Planning 10. Quality Management and Six-sigma Supply Chain Processes and Analytics 11. Inventory Management 12. Lean Supply Chains 13. Global Sourcing and Procurement 14. Location, Logistics and Distribution Appendix A. Linear Programming Using the Excel Solver B. Answers to Selected Problems C. Present Value Table D. Negative Exponential Distribution E. Areas of the Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution