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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811031403321

Autore

Simchi-Levi David

Titolo

Operations rules : delivering customer value through flexible operations / / David Simchi-Levi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

0-262-28902-4

1-282-89930-9

9786612899300

0-262-28976-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/034

Soggetti

Business logistics

Operations research

Consumer satisfaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The value of operations -- Operations strategy. 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 -- Flexibility : the key enabler.  System flexibility -- Process flexibility -- Product design flexibility -- Emerging trends -- The effects of oil price volatility -- Doing well by doing good -- Barriers to success.

Sommario/riassunto

An expert offers a set of rules that will help managers achieve dramatic improvements in operations performance.