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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954640703321

Autore

Lai Richard <1962->

Titolo

Operations forensics : business performance analysis using operations measures and tools / / Richard Lai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013

ISBN

9780262313001

0262313006

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/034

Soggetti

Production management

Industrial management

Performance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Operations forensics -- What financial statements may or may not reveal -- Indicators of accounting performance -- Indicators of stock market performance -- Indicators of disruption -- Indicators of distress -- The many facets of due diligence -- Assessing the customer base -- Assessing lean management -- Assessing risks -- Assessing options -- Turning around purchasing -- Turning around production -- Turning around distribution -- Sustaining the turnaround.

Sommario/riassunto

Powerful tools for using operations metrics to analyze companies in ways that go beyond traditional financial models and statements.