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Operations rules : delivering customer value through flexible operations /

In recent years, management gurus have urged businesses to adopt such strategies as just-in-time, lean manufacturing, offshoring, and frequent deliveries to retail outlets. But today, these much-touted strategies may be risky. Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simchi-Levi, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The value of operations
  • From customer value to operations strategy
  • Matching products, markets, and strategies
  • Procurement and supply contracts as competitive weapons
  • Risk mitigation strategies
  • Rethinking the role of information technology
  • System flexibility
  • Process flexibility
  • Product design flexibility
  • The impact of oil price volatility
  • Doing well by doing good
  • Barriers to success.