Table Of ContentPART I: PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY Chapter 1: Products, Processes, and Performance Chapter 2: Operations Strategy and Management PART II: PROCESS FLOW METRICS Chapter 3: Process Flow Measures Chapter 4: Flow-Time Analysis Chapter 5: Flow Rate and Capacity Analysis Chapter 6: Inventory Analysis PART III: PROCESS FLOW VARIABILITY Chapter 7: Managing Flow Variability: Safety Inventory Chapter 8: Managing Flow Variability: Safety Capacity Chapter 9: Managing Flow Variability: Process Control and Capability PART IV: PROCESS INTEGRATION Chapter 10: Lean Operations: Process Synchronization and Improvement
SynopsisA structured, data-driven approach to understanding core operations management concepts. Anupindi shows how managers can design and manage process structure and process drivers to improve the performance of any business process. The third edition retains the general process view paradigm while providing a sharper, more streamlined presentation of the development of ideas in each chapter-all of which are illustrated with contemporary examples from practice., Anupindi shows how managers can design and manage process structure and process drivers to improve the performance of any business process. KEY TOPICS: Products, Processes, and Performance; Operations Strategy and Management; Process Flow Measures; Flow-Time Analysis; Flow Rate and Capacity Analysis; Inventory Analysis; Managing Flow Variability: Safety Inventory; Managing Flow Variability: Safety Capacity; Managing Flow Variability: Process Control and Capability; Lean Operations: Process Synchronization and Improvement MARKET: An essential resource for all management professionals, especially management consultants specializing in operations and supply chains, managers and VPs overseeing supply chains, and plant managers., For graduate level courses in Operations Management or Business Processes. A structured, data-driven approach to understanding core operations management concepts. Anupindi shows how managers can design and manage process structure and process drivers to improve the performance of any business process. The third edition retains the general process view paradigm while providing a sharper, more streamlined presentation of the development of ideas in each chapter-all of which are illustrated with contemporary examples from practice.