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<ul>
    <li>Part One &ndash; Directing the operation </li>
    <li>1. Operations management </li>
    <li>2. Operations performance </li>
    <li>3. Operations strategy </li>
    <li>4. Product and service innovation </li>
    <li>5. The structure and scope of operations </li>
    <li>Part Two &ndash; Designing the operation </li>
    <li>6. Process design </li>
    <li>7. Layout and flow </li>
    <li>8. Process technology </li>
    <li>9. People in operations </li>
    <li>Part Three &ndash; Deliver </li>
    <li>10. Planning and control </li>
    <li>11. Capacity management </li>
    <li>12. Supply chain management </li>
    <li>13. Inventory management </li>
    <li>14. Planning and control systems </li>
    <li>15. Lean operations </li>
    <li>Part Four &ndash; Development </li>
    <li>16. Operations improvement </li>
    <li>17. Quality management </li>
    <li>18. Managing risk and recovery </li>
    <li>19. Project management </li>
</ul>

Operations management is important, exciting, challenging &hellip; and everywhere you look!
<ul>
    <li>Important, because it enables organisations to provide services and products that we all need </li>
    <li>Exciting, because it is central to constant changes in customer preference, networks of supply and demand, and developments in technology </li>
    <li>Challenging, because solutions must be must be financially sound, resource-efficient, as well as environmentally and socially responsible </li>
    <li>And everywhere, because in our daily lives, whether at work or at home, we all experience and manage processes and operations. </li>
</ul>
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<p><b><i>Were you looking for the book with access to MyLab Operations Management? This product is the book alone and does NOT come with access to the&nbsp;</i></b><b><i>MyLab</i></b><b><i>. </i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b>&nbsp;</p><p><b><i>Buy Operations Management, 8th edition&nbsp;with MyLab Operations Management access card&nbsp;(ISBN 9781292254036) if you need access to the MyLab as well, and save money on this resource. You will also need a course ID from your instructor to access the MyLab.</i></b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Operations management is important, exciting, challenging &#8230; and everywhere you look!</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b></p><p>&#183; &nbsp;&nbsp; Important, because it enables organizations to provide services and products that we all need</p><p>&#183; &nbsp;&nbsp; Exciting, because it is central to constant changes in customer preference, networks of supply and demand, and developments in technology</p><p>&#183; &nbsp;&nbsp; Challenging, because solutions must be must be financially sound, resource-efficient, as well as environmentally and socially responsible</p><p>&#183; &nbsp;&nbsp; And everywhere, because in our daily lives, whether at work or at home, we all experience and manage processes and operations.</p>

<ul>
    <li>Part One &ndash; Directing the operation </li>
    <li>1. Operations management </li>
    <li>2. Operations performance </li>
    <li>3. Operations strategy </li>
    <li>4. Product and service innovation </li>
    <li>5. The structure and scope of operations </li>
    <li>Part Two &ndash; Designing the operation </li>
    <li>6. Process design </li>
    <li>7. Layout and flow </li>
    <li>8. Process technology </li>
    <li>9. People in operations </li>
    <li>Part Three &ndash; Deliver </li>
    <li>10. Planning and control </li>
    <li>11. Capacity management </li>
    <li>12. Supply chain management </li>
    <li>13. Inventory management </li>
    <li>14. Planning and control systems </li>
    <li>15. Lean operations </li>
    <li>Part Four &ndash; Development </li>
    <li>16. Operations improvement </li>
    <li>17. Quality management </li>
    <li>18. Managing risk and recovery </li>
    <li>19. Project management</li>
</ul>

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Operations management is important, exciting, challenging … and everywhere you look!<ul>    <li>Important, because it enables organisations to provide services and products that we all need </li>    <li>Exciting, because it is central to constant changes in customer preference, networks of supply and demand, and developments in technology </li>    <li>Challenging, because solutions must be must be financially sound, resource-efficient, as well as environmentally and socially responsible </li>    <li>And everywhere, because in our daily lives, whether at work or at home, we all experience and manage processes and operations.</li></ul> <p>This edition includes a <a href="https://media.pearsoncmg.com/intl/ema/ema_uk_he_slack_titles/cw/index.php" target="_blank">Companion Website</a>.</p>

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