Description
This book is intended to be used for a foundation course on modern principles of production and operations management. During the past 15 years there have been a number of fundamental changes in production management thinking and philosophy. The objective of this book is to present a coherent and integrated account of these new emerging principles. Core concepts:Dynamics of industrial competition. The concept of added value.The major international manufacturing management functions: Dynamics of materials flow. Planning hierarchies and timescales: the master production schedule. Fundamentals of manufacturing resources planning (MRP). OPT and synchronous manufacturing. The JIT approach. Total productive maintenance.Managing the logistics interface: Purchasing – achieving quality and value.Global issues: Physical distribution. Total quality management – tools and techniques. Manufacturing strategy. Manufacturing performance monitoring.
