Operations Management For Dummies
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The plain language guide to getting things running smoothly in the world of business
Operations management is all about efficiency, and Operations Management For Dummies is all about efficiently teaching you what you need to know about this business hot topic. This book tracks typical operations management MBA courses, and it will help you un-muddle concepts like process mapping, bottlenecks, Lean Production, and supply chain management. Learn to step into a business, see what needs improving, and plug in the latest tools and ideas to shape things up in any industry.
This latest edition covers, you guessed it, digital transformation. Technology is completely upending operations management, and Dummies walks you through the latest, so you can stay at the front of the pack. Other new stuff inside: supply chain traceability, ethical sourcing and carbon footprint, business resiliency, and modularizing the supply chain. It’s all here!
- Optimize operations and increase revenue with strategies and ideas that make businesses run better and cheaper
- Get easy-to-understand explanations of complex topics and theories in operations management
- Learn how operations management is affected by digital transformation and sustainability concerns
- Evaluate, design, improve, and scale all sorts of processes, regardless of business size or area of operation
Businesses can’t operate successfully without effective operations and supply management. That makes Operations Management For Dummies a must―for MBA students and business professionals alike.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 2nd edition (24 Jan. 2022), For Dummies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 416 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1119843103 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1119843108 |
| Dimensions | 18.54 x 2.54 x 23.11 cm |
by Joseph Augustine
As an almost complete beginner to the subject yet with some crossover and related competencies to draw on, I found this new recent edition to be well worth the purchase price and technically challenging in a good way.
The Andersons and Parker come across as old hands and cover so many bases that it would be hard put to imagine not succeeding with any operational venture if you disciplined yourself to their compiled way of becoming a “smooth operator.”
Minus the chapters on Lean/ Quality Management; Supply Chain Management and Project Management (including Agile and Risk Responses) often covered in many business trainings, such as a MBA, then really it is only the two chapters at start that set out the fundamentals of Operations Management in a technical language requiring some extra absorption due to the mathematical formulae involved. However, the level of detail in other aspects also acts as a reference source of techniques, processes and methods so well are these explained, for example, on Earned Value and Critical Path Analyses.
The history of OM is reinforced throughout: from Roman logistics, Smith’s division of labour, interchangeable parts, scientific planning and mass production, statistical quality control, Lean/ TPS/TQM, supply chain management, computerised supply chain coordination and electronic commerce. These subject areas so much define the 21st century large-scale corporate machine it would seem remiss not to be clued-up more!
by Carly
Not the best book if its for a revision aide- too much info and the layout is busy.
Okay as an aide memoir if you have operations management experience.