Bufa, Elwood S. <br/><br/>
Modern production / productions management. / 
Elwood S. Buffa and Rakesh K. Sarin 
 - 4th ed. 
 - New Delhi :  Wiley and Sons Inc.,  2010. 
 - xiv, 834 p. :  ill.;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Operations management in corporate profitability and competitiveness -- Types and characteristics of manufacturing systems -- Types and characteristics of service systems -- Forecasting for operations -- Inventory planning and control -- Material requirements planning -- Linear programming- a methodological overview -- Planning production in aggregate terms -- Simulation: a methodological overview -- Operations scheduling -- Large scale projects -- Quality assurance -- Statistical quality control methods -- Japanese manufacturing systems -- Product/process design and technological choice -- Supplement: capital costs and investment criteria -- Waiting line models and applications to service system design -- Capacity planning -- Location and distribution -- Design of processes, jobs and work measurement -- Facility layout and assembly line balancing -- Multiple criteria decision methods for production problems -- Framework for operations strategy formulation -- Implementing operations strategy -- Perspectives on operations systems of the future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788126513727 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TS155.B86