Master and apply both the technical and behavioral skills you need to succeed in manufacturing or service operations, anywhere in your supply chain! Now, there's an authoritative and comprehensive guide to best-practice manufacturing and service operations in any organization. Co-authored by a leading expert alongside the the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), this reference describes the planning, organizing, controlling, directing, motivating and coordinating functions used to produce goods or services. The Definitive Guide to Manufacturing and Service Operations covers long-term strategic decisions; mid-term tactical decisions; and even short-term operational decisions. Topics discussed include: Basic manufacturing and service operations concepts, purposes, terminology, roles, and goals Key elements, processes, and interactions, including facility, material, and labor requirements planning; scheduling; and continuous process and quality improvement Principles, strategies and planning for efficient, effective, and sustainable operations: facilities, production, processes, layout, lead capacity, technology, personnel, measurement, compensation, sustainability, and more Technology for better manufacturing and service operations: MRP II, service systems, ERP, planning, execution, and cost management. Global manufacturing and service operations: LCCs, logistics, labor, financial issues, decisionmaking, contract performance, risk management, and regulation Best practices for assessing performance using standard metrics and frameworks: KPIs, tradeoff analysis, scorecarding, dashboards, and exception management
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This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain order fulfillment and customer service processes.
CSCMP's The Definitive Guide to Supply Chain Best Practices brings together state-of-the-art case studies to help you identify challenges, evaluate solutions, plan implementation, and prepare for the future.
This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain order fulfillment and customer service processes.
Authored by leading expert Thomas Goldsby alongside the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), this text focuses on the key principles, strategies, and decisions required for the cost-efficient, effective flow of goods ...
The Definitive Guide to Integrated Supply Chain Management brings together all the knowledge you need to help companies gain competitive advantage from supply chains.
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If you're tasked with driving more value from your supply chain, this collection offers you extraordinary resources -- and unsurpassed opportunities.
The control chart was one of the key tools introduced by quality gurus such as Deming, Juran and others. Deming[12] in particular was very influential in the spread of these statistically based methods to Japanese quality working ...