Title Production and operations management / Alan Muhlemann, John Oakland, Keith Lockyer

Edition Sixth edition Published London : Pitman, 1992

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MELB	658.5 Muh/Pao 1992		AVAILABLE

Description x, 566 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Sect. 1: Strategy and interfaces. 1. The production/operations function and the organization -- 2. Production/operations strategy -- 3. Planning and controlling the operations -- 4. Production/operations management and financial management -- 5. Production/operations management in manufacturing and service environments. Sect. 2: The product or service. 6. Marketing and product/service design -- 7. Product/service: variety and value -- 8. Quality -- 9. Reliability -- 10. Product, service, operations and competitive strategies. Sect. 3: The plant or facilities. 11. Location and design of the plant or facilities -- 12. Layout of the facilities -- 13. Equipment selection -- 14. Maintenance of the facilities and equipment. Sect. 4: The processes. 15. Production/operating systems design -- 16. Manufacturing systems design -- 17. Method study -- 18. Work measurement -- 19. Controlling quality through measurement -- 20. Controlling quality through counting. Sect. 5: The programmes or resource plans. 21. Operations control: an introduction -- 22. Forecasting -- 23. Capacity management and operations scheduling -- 24. Manufacturing planning case study -- 25. Data capture and release -- 26. Inventory management -- 27. Manufacturing planning and control systems -- 28. Project management -- 29. Resource allocation: linear programming -- 30. Purchasing. Sect. 6: The people. 31. Production/operations and personnel management -- 32. Health and safety management -- App. 1. A worked example of A-B-C or Pareto analysis -- App. 2. Activity sampling: number of observations required -- App. 3. Representative examination questions -- App. 4. Short cases in POM Notes Keith Lockyer's name appears first in the 5th ed Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Issuing Body Keith Lockyer's name appears first in the 5th ed Subject Production management. Author Lockyer, K. G. (Keith Gerald) Oakland, John S. ISBN 0273032356 (paperback)

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