OPERATIONS Nigel Slack Stuart Chambers Robert Johnston

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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Nigel Slack
Stuart Chambers
Robert Johnston
Financial Times
Prentice Hall
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• London • New York • Bosl
Contents
Guide to 'operations in practice', examples,
short cases and case studies
Making the most of this book and MyOMLab
Preface
To the Instructor
To the Student
Ten steps to getting a better grade in
operations management
About the authors
Acknowledgements
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Part One
INTRODUCTION
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Chapter 1
Operations management
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Introduction
What is operations management?
Operations management is important in
all types of organization
The input-transformation-output process
The process hierarchy
Operations processes have different
characteristics
The activities of operations management
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Design house partnerships at
Concept Design Services
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
Chapter 2
Operations performance
Introduction
Operations performance is vital for any
organization
The quality objective
The speed objective
The dependability objective
The flexibility objective
The cost objective
Trade-offs between performance objectives
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Operations objectives at
the Penang Mutiara
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 3
Operations strategy
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Introduction
What is strategy and what is operations strategy?
The 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' perspectives
The market requirements and operations
resources perspectives
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The process of operations strategy
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Long Ridge Gliding Club
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Part Two
DESIGN
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Chapter 4
Process design
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Introduction
What is process design?
What effects should process design have?
Process types - the volume-variety effect on
process design
Detailed process design
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: The Central Evaluation Unit
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 5
The design of products and services
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Introduction
Why is good design so important?
The benefits of interactive design
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Chatsworth - the adventure
playground decision
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Contents
Chapter 6
Supply network design
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Introduction
The supply network perspective
Configuring the supply network
The location of capacity
Long-term capacity management
Summary answers to key questions
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Case study: Disneyland Resort Paris (abridged)
Problems and applications
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Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Supplement to Chapter 6
Forecasting
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Introduction
Forecasting - knowing the options
In essence forecasting is simple
Approaches to forecasting
Selected further reading
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Chapter 7
Layout and flow
Introduction
What is layout?
The basic layout types
What type of layout should an operation
choose?
Detailed design of the layout
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Weldon Hand Tools
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 8
Process technology
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Introduction
What is process technology?
Understanding process technologies
Evaluating process technologies
Implementing process technologies
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Rochem Ltd
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 9
People, jobs and organization
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Introduction
People in operations
Human resource strategy
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Organization design
Job design
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Service Adhesives tries again
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Supplement to Chapter 9
Work study
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Introduction
Method study in job design
Work measurement in job design
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Part Three
PLANNING AND CONTROL
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Chapter 10
The nature of planning and control
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Introduction
What is planning and control?
Supply and demand affect planning and control
Planning and control activities
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Air traffic control - a world-class
juggling act
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
Chapter 11
Capacity planning and control
Introduction
What is capacity management?
Measuring demand and capacity
The alternative capacity plans
Choosing a capacity planning and control
approach
Capacity planning as a queuing problem
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Holly Farm
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Supplement to Chapter 11
Analytical queuing models
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Introduction
Notation
Variability
Incorporating Little's law
Types of queuing system
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Contents
Chapter 12
Inventory planning and control
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Introduction
What is inventory?
Why is inventory necessary?
Some disadvantages of holding inventory
The volume decision - how much to order
The timing decision - when to place an order
Inventory analysis and control systems
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Trans-European Plastics
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Introduction
What is lean synchronization?
Eliminate waste
Lean synchronization applied throughout
the supply network
Lean synchronization and other approaches
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Boys and Boden (B&B)
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
Chapter 16
Project planning and control
Chapter 13
Supply chain planning and control
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Introduction
What is supply chain management?
The activities of supply chain management
Types of relationships in supply chains
Supply chain behaviour
Supply chain improvement
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Supplying fast fashion
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 1 4
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
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Introduction
What is ERP?
How did ERP develop?
Implementation of ERP systems
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Psycho Sports Ltd
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Supplement t o Chapter 14
Materials requirements planning
(MRP)
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Introduction
Master production schedule
The bill of materials (BOM)
Inventory records
The MRP netting process
MRP capacity checks
Summary
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Chapter 15
Lean synchronization
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Introduction
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What is a project?
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Successful project management
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The project planning and control process
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Network planning
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Summary answers to key questions
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Case study: United Photonics Malaysia Sdn Bhd 488
Problems and applications
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Selected further reading
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Useful web sites
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Chapter 17
Quality management
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Introduction
What is quality and why is it so important?
Diagnosing quality problems
Conformance to specification
Total quality management (TQM)
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Turnround at the Preston plant
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Supplement t o Chapter 17
Statistical process control (SPC)
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Introduction
Control charts
Variation in process quality
Control charts for attributes
Control chart for variables
Process control, learning and knowledge
Acceptance sampling
Sampling plans
Summary
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Contents
Part Four
IMPROVEMENT
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Chapter 18
Operations improvement
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Introduction
Why improvement is so important
Elements of improvement
Approaches to improvement
Improvement techniques
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Geneva Construction
and Risk
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 19
Risk management
Introduction
What is risk management?
Assess the potential causes of and risks
from failure
Preventing failure occurring
Mitigating the effects of failure
Recovering from the effects of failure.
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: The Chernobyl failure
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Chapter 20
Organizing for improvement
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Introduction
Why the improvement effort needs organizing
Linking improvements to strategy
Information for improvement
Improvement priorities - what to start on?
Improvement culture
Implementing improvement
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: Re-inventing Singapore's libraries
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
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Useful web sites
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Part Five
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 631
Chapter 21
Operations and corporate social
responsibility (CSR)
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Introduction
What is corporate social responsibility?
How does the wider view of corporate social
responsibility influence operations
management?
How can operations managers analyse CSR
issues?
Summary answers to key questions
Case study: CSR as it is presented
Problems and applications
Selected further reading
Useful web sites
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Notes on chapters
Glossary
Index
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