Matching supply with demand : an introduction to operations management / Gérard Cachon, Christian Terwiesch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 485 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780073525167 (alk. paper)
  • 0073525162 (alk. paper)
  • 9780071263313 (International ed. : pbk.)
  • 0071263314 (International ed. : pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 658.5 22
LOC classification:
  • TS155 .C13 2009
Other classification:
  • QP 500
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Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Process View of the Organization -- Ch. 3. Understanding the Supply Process: Evaluating Process Capacity -- Ch. 4. Estimating and Reducing Labor Costs -- Ch. 5. The Link between Operations and Finance -- Ch. 6. Batching and Other Flow Interruptions: Setup Times and the Economic Order Quantity Model -- Ch. 7. Variability and Its Impact on Process Performance: Waiting Time Problems -- Ch. 8. The Impact of Variability on Process Performance: Throughput Losses -- Ch. 9. Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, and Six-Sigma Capability -- Ch. 10. Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System -- Ch. 11. Betting on Uncertain Demand: The Newsvendor Model -- Ch. 12. Assemble-to-Order, Make-to-Order, and Quick Response with Reactive Capacity -- Ch. 13. Service Levels and Lead Times in Supply Chains: The Order-up-to Inventory Model -- Ch. 14. Risk-Pooling Strategies to Reduce and Hedge Uncertainty -- Ch. 15. Revenue Management with Capacity Controls -- Ch. 16. Supply Chain Coordination -- App. A. Statistics Tutorial -- App. B. Tables -- App. C. Evaluation of the Loss Function -- App. D. Equations and Approximations -- App. E. Solutions to Selected Practice Problems.
Review: "Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management provides a new framework for operations management. The book demonstrates how to evaluate and transform business processes and supply chains to avoid too much or too little supply relative to market demand."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Process View of the Organization -- Ch. 3. Understanding the Supply Process: Evaluating Process Capacity -- Ch. 4. Estimating and Reducing Labor Costs -- Ch. 5. The Link between Operations and Finance -- Ch. 6. Batching and Other Flow Interruptions: Setup Times and the Economic Order Quantity Model -- Ch. 7. Variability and Its Impact on Process Performance: Waiting Time Problems -- Ch. 8. The Impact of Variability on Process Performance: Throughput Losses -- Ch. 9. Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, and Six-Sigma Capability -- Ch. 10. Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System -- Ch. 11. Betting on Uncertain Demand: The Newsvendor Model -- Ch. 12. Assemble-to-Order, Make-to-Order, and Quick Response with Reactive Capacity -- Ch. 13. Service Levels and Lead Times in Supply Chains: The Order-up-to Inventory Model -- Ch. 14. Risk-Pooling Strategies to Reduce and Hedge Uncertainty -- Ch. 15. Revenue Management with Capacity Controls -- Ch. 16. Supply Chain Coordination -- App. A. Statistics Tutorial -- App. B. Tables -- App. C. Evaluation of the Loss Function -- App. D. Equations and Approximations -- App. E. Solutions to Selected Practice Problems.

"Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management provides a new framework for operations management. The book demonstrates how to evaluate and transform business processes and supply chains to avoid too much or too little supply relative to market demand."--BOOK JACKET.

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