Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction to operations management: Operations-producing goods and providing service -- Competitive strategies and principles -- The Quality imperative -- Design and control for customer satisfaction -- Designed-in quality: products, services, processes -- Quality control and process improvement -- Translating demand into orders: Demand management and forecasting -- Master planning-for capacity and output -- Flow-control systems overview -- Order fulfillment and purchasing -- Timing: JIT/Kanban, MRP, and related topics -- Quick-change flexibility and lot sizing -- Translating planned orders into outcomes: Process selection and layout differentiating operations -- Managing continuous and repetitive operations -- Managing job and batch operations -- Managing projects -- OM resources: measurement, management, improvement -- Facilities management -- What's next-for you and for OM?.