Analyzing Operations in Business: Issues, Tools, and Techniques

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The field of operations management is increasingly recognized as being crucial to the success of a company. The premise of this book is that learning specific analytical techniques can provide a deeper understanding of the problems in operations management than merely reading about these problems. The book is concise while still providing a broad discussion of the issues and details to learn these valuable tools. Each problem area is introduced with an overview of the issues that must be addressed and the array of tools available to analyze them. Next, detailed examples are presented. Through these examples, the ramifications of the various approaches and the tradeoffs that must be considered when choosing one approach over another are explored. The book is a valuable resource for researchers, students, and business practitioners.

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[p]rovides a broad discussion of the issues and details needed to learn these valuable tools of operations management.-Journal of Financial Service Professionals
"provides a broad discussion of the issues and details needed to learn these valuable tools of operations management."-Journal of Financial Service Professionals
"[p]rovides a broad discussion of the issues and details needed to learn these valuable tools of operations management."-Journal of Financial Service Professionals

Author Bio

MICHAEL R. SUMMERS is Professor of Management Science at Pepperdine University. He is active in the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) and the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).