Operations Management
by Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon Jones
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Operations management is important, exciting, challenging ... and everywhere you look! Important, because it enables organizations to provide services and products that we all need Exciting, because it is central to constant changes in customer preference, networks of supply and demand, and developments in technology Challenging, because solutions must be must be financially sound, resource-efficient, as well as environmentally and socially responsible And everywhere, show more because in our daily lives, whether at work or at home, we all experience and manage processes and operations. show lessTags
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Nigel Slack is the A.E. Higgs Professor of Manufacturing Policy and Strategy at the University of Warwick. He started his working life as an industrial apprentice in engineering before moving on to become a production engineer and production manager. He is a chartered engineer who holds a BA in engineering and a Masters and Doctorate in show more management. He has published numerous books and articles in the field of operations management and has lectured on manufacturing strategy in Europe, the United States, South America, Latin America, and Australia. He consults for a range of large companies and his research interests are in operations and manufacturing flexibility and the operations strategy area. show less
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