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ISE Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core F. Robert Jacobs

ISE Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core By F. Robert Jacobs

ISE Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core by F. Robert Jacobs


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ISE Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core Summary

ISE Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core by F. Robert Jacobs

The Sixth Edition of Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core focuses on the important core concepts in the dynamic field of operations. Just as lava flows from the core of the earth, operations and supply chain management is the core of business. Material must flow through supply chain processes to create cash output and input. This new edition has an increased focus on supply chain analytics involving the analysis of data to better solve business problems.

Jacobs The Core 6e focuses on the core concepts and tools needed to ensure business processes run smoothly and is designed to be lean and focused on the material sufficient for a 12-15 week course in Operations Management. It includes new exercises in Analytics , Supply Chain Improvement Models, new carbon footprint exercises, forecasting analytics and Inventory management exercises. New vignettes like in Ch. 2 featuring a special purpose acquisition (SPAC) of a large indoor farm, and Operations Management insights from the COVID-19 pandemic throughout provide valuable, engaging and relevant content for students learning Operations Management.

About F. Robert Jacobs

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 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.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to OSCM

CHAPTER 2: Strategy and Sustainability

CHAPTER 3: Forecasting

CHAPTER 4: Strategic Capacity Management

CHAPTER 4a: Learning Curves

CHAPTER 5: Projects

CHAPTER 6: Manufacturing Processes

CHAPTER 6a: Break-Even Analysis

CHAPTER 7: Service Processes

CHAPTER 8: Sales and Operations Planning

CHAPTER 9: Material Requirements Planning

CHAPTER 10: Quality Management and Six Sigma

CHAPTER 11: Inventory Management

CHAPTER 12: Lean Supply Chains

CHAPTER 13: Global Sourcing and Procurement

CHAPTER 14: Location, Logistics, and Distribution

Appendix A: Linear Programming Using the Excel Solver

Appendix B: Answers to Selected Objective Questions

Appendix C: Present Value Table

Appendix D: Negative Exponential Distribution: Values of e-x

Appendix E: Areas of the Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution

Additional information

NGR9781265076825
9781265076825
1265076820
ISE Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core by F. Robert Jacobs
New
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education
2022-03-08
544
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