Operations and Supply Chain Management 14th

Operations and Supply Chain Management 14th By Jacobs, Robert; Chase, Richard

Print ISBN: 9780078024023, 0078024021

eText ISBN: 9780077823344, 0077823346

By: Jacobs, Robert; Chase, Richard

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Print ISBN: 9780078024023, 0078024021

eText ISBN: 9780077823344, 0077823346

Copyright year: 2014

Resourceful companies today must successfully manage the entire supply flow, from the sources of the firm, through the value-added processes of the firm, and on to the customers of the firm. The fourteenth edition of Operations and Supply Chain Management provides well-balanced coverage of managing people and applying sophisticated technology to operations and supply chain management. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

Additional ISBNs

9780078024023, 9780077823344, 0078024021, 0077823346, 0077824393

PREFACE

Operations and supply chain management (OSCM) is a key element in the improvement in

productivity in business around the world. Establishing a competitive advantage through operations

requires an understanding of how the operations and supply chain functions contribute

to productivity growth. However, our intent in this book is to do more than just show you

what companies are doing to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace, by conveying

to you a set of skills and tools that you can actually apply.

Hot topics in business today that relate to operations and supply chain management are

sustainability, lean supply chains, and improving the effi ciency of supply chain processes.

These topics are studied in the book with up-to-date, high-level managerial material to

clarify the “big picture” of what these topics are and why they are so important to business

today.