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Discover how to apply engineering thinking and data analytics in your business operations
This hands-on textbook shows, step by step, how to use the engineering problem solving approach and data analytics techniques to drive effective tactical and control-level decision making in operations systems and supply chains. Operations Engineering and Management: Concepts, Analytics and Principles for Improvement is based on the author’s successful classes in both business and engineering. The book presents concepts and principles of operations management, with a strong emphasis on analytics and operations improvement. You will also get full details on the classic management approach to operations and supply chain management.
Coverage includes:
- Operations strategy
- Process-flow analysis
- Forecasting and variability
- Capacity concepts and measures
- Throughput improvement
- Flow time analysis and improvement
- Inventory management for deterministic and stochastic demand
- Inventory improvement
- Aggregate planning and lean operations
- Operations scheduling and flexible operations
- Quality management and control
- Quality improvement and Six Sigma
