Production Operations Management: A Practical Guide to Improving Manufacturing Performance
It offers frameworks for resource planning and managing production with the intent of eliminating delays and maximizing throughput. Production Operations Management links daily shop floor operations with strategic business objectives. When properly implemented, it offers the ability to deliver products on time, in the required quantity, and to the expected quality. Optimization in manufacturing requires balancing costs, timelines, and quality while meeting shifting customer demands. Competitiveness requires more than just raw materials, employees, and equipment. A comprehensive system for integrating and managing workflows for planning, sequencing, and controlling production, managing quality, inventory, maintenance, and distribution is essential. Production Operations Management encompasses these systems. It offers frameworks for resource planning and managing production with the intent of eliminating delays and maximizing throughput. Production Operations Manage...