Tools and tactics for operations managers (collection).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Randal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational effectiveness.

Systems engineering.

Cost.

Profit.

Business logistics.

Production management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 v. in 1) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FTPress Delivers, c2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A brand new collection of state-of-the-art operations management tools and tactics… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 3 authoritative eBooks bring together today’s most valuable new operations management techniques and solutions! Apply today’s most innovative operations management techniques to improve performance and value in any organization -- even the most complex or constrained! In High Performance Operations, Hillel Glazer shows how to optimize business performance and profitability while maintaining strong governance and compliance. Glazer demonstrates how to integrate lean and systems thinking, and systematically incorporating compliance into planning for overall performance, value, and profitability, rather than viewing it as an end in itself. Learn how to clarify competing interests and implement pre-conditions for success; use systems thinking to promote operational excellence; eliminate single points of failure; establish proof-of-performance; scale your successes, and get more of "what went right"! The Encyclopedia of Operations Management is the perfect single-volume "field manual" for every OM or supply chain professional. Nearly 1,500 well-organized, up-to-date definitions cover every facet of supply chain design, planning, management, and optimization. For the first time, this remarkable reference brings together up-to-the-minute information about topics ranging from accounting and customer service to transportation and warehousing. Next, in The Operations Manager's Toolbox , Randal Wilson helps you use proven project management (PM) tools and techniques to supercharge efficiency, free up resources, eliminate unnecessary meetings, and get more done faster. Wilson shows how to apply PM to complete crucial "smaller" tasks that can deliver rapid and sizable improvements. You’ll learn how to plan, implement, and measure the success of high-impact changes, and organize key tasks so they actually get done. Discover specific techniques for eliminating waste in engineering, manufacturing, distribution, and inventory. Next, learn how to use PM to manage teams, schedules, budgets, and resources more effectively, and systematically predict and mitigate operational risks. Whatever your role in operations management, this unique eBook collection will help you perform far more effectively – in your organization, and in your career! From world-renowned operations management experts Hillel Glazer, Arthur V...

Contents:

High performance operations : leverage compliance to lower costs, increase profits, and gain competitive advantage / Hillel Glazer

The encyclopedia of operations management : a field manual and glossary of operations management terms and concepts / Arthur V. Hill

The operations manager's toolbox : using the best project management techniques to improve processes and maximize efficiency / Randal Wilson.

Notes:

A compilation of three FTPress/Pearson titles.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Safari, viewed June 11, 2013).

Contains:

Glazer, Hillel, 1968- High performance operations.

Hill, Arthur V. The encyclopedia of operations management.

Wilson, Randal Paul, 1961- Project management.

OCLC:

852664308