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Operations Management For Dummies Paperback – July 19, 2013
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Operations management is an important skill for current and aspiring business leaders to develop and master. It deals with the design and management of products, processes, services, and supply chains. Operations management is a growing field and a required course for most undergraduate business majors and MBA candidates. Now, Operations Management For Dummies serves as an extremely resourceful aid for this difficult subject.
Tracks to a typical course in operations management or operations strategy, and covers topics such as evaluating and measuring existing systems' performance and efficiency, materials management and product development, using tools like Six Sigma and Lean production, designing new, improved processes, and defining, planning, and controlling costs of projects.
- Clearly organizes and explains complex topics
- Serves as an supplement to your Operations Management textbooks
- Helps you score your highest in your Operations Management course
Whether your aim is to earn an undergraduate degree in business or an MBA, Operations Management For Dummies is indispensable supplemental reading for your operations management course.
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFor Dummies
- Publication dateJuly 19, 2013
- Dimensions7.38 x 0.87 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101118551060
- ISBN-13978-1118551066
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Learn to:
- Make sense of complex topics
- Understand key concepts in operations management
- Score your highest in your operations management course
A plain-English guide to improving business operations and increasing efficiency
Operations management is a critical skill for all current and aspiring business leaders. Now, Operations Management For Dummies takes the guesswork out of this often-intimidating subject. Whether you are a professional just promoted into your first operations management job who needs to learn operations fast or your aim is to score your highest in an undergraduate or MBA operations management class, the plain-English, step-by-step information in Operations Management For Dummies gives you the critical toolkit for operations success.
- Operations Management 101 find out how to represent processes in a diagram and get the lowdown on the operations management vocabulary used to measure those processes
- It's a risky business discover the risks that may threaten your operations, from determining how much demand there will be for your product or service to making forecasts of future demand
- Put the "I" in improvement get the scoop on continuous improvement a concept that relates to building and sustaining effective and profitable organizations
- Make things happen take an in-depth look at project management as it relates to operations management to better understand the life cycle of projects (and why many projects fail)
- Go global explore how companies decide what parts or services to outsource and when and where to outsource them
- Succeed in startups learn how to successfully cope with the special operations challenge of startup growth
- How to design a process to meet organizational goals
- Basic process flow terms
- The scoop on demand forecasting, capacity planning, and inventory management
- The basics behind aggregate planning
- Tips to design and manage your supply chain
- How to scale operations as a product travels through the normal life cycle curve
- Ways to estimate a project's timing and cost
From the Back Cover
Learn to:
- Make sense of complex topics
- Understand key concepts in operations management
- Score your highest in your operations management course
A plain-English guide to improving business operations and increasing efficiency
Operations management is a critical skill for all current and aspiring business leaders. Now, Operations Management For Dummies takes the guesswork out of this often-intimidating subject. Whether you are a professional just promoted into your first operations management job who needs to learn operations fast or your aim is to score your highest in an undergraduate or MBA operations management class, the plain-English, step-by-step information in Operations Management For Dummies gives you the critical toolkit for operations success.
- Operations Management 101 — find out how to represent processes in a diagram and get the lowdown on the operations management vocabulary used to measure those processes
- It's a risky business — discover the risks that may threaten your operations, from determining how much demand there will be for your product or service to making forecasts of future demand
- Put the "I" in improvement — get the scoop on continuous improvement — a concept that relates to building and sustaining effective and profitable organizations
- Make things happen — take an in-depth look at project management as it relates to operations management to better understand the life cycle of projects (and why many projects fail)
- Go global — explore how companies decide what parts or services to outsource and when and where to outsource them
- Succeed in startups — learn how to successfully cope with the special operations challenge of startup growth
- How to design a process to meet organizational goals
- Basic process flow terms
- The scoop on demand forecasting, capacity planning, and inventory management
- The basics behind aggregate planning
- Tips to design and manage your supply chain
- How to scale operations as a product travels through the normal life cycle curve
- Ways to estimate a project's timing and cost
About the Author
Mary Ann Anderson is a consultant in supply chain management and operations strategy. Dr. Edward Anderson is Associate Professor of Operations Management at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. Dr. Geoffrey Parker is Professor of Management Science at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.
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- Publisher : For Dummies; 1st edition (July 19, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1118551060
- ISBN-13 : 978-1118551066
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.38 x 0.87 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #840,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #601 in Production & Operations
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Geoffrey Parker is a professor of engineering at Dartmouth College where he also serves as the director of the Master of Engineering Management program. He received a BS from Princeton and MS and PhD from MIT. Parker has made significant contributions to the field of network economics and strategy as co-developer of the theory of "two-sided" markets. His current research includes studies of distributed innovation, business platform strategy, and the system integration of renewable energy. Papers are available at ssrn.com/author=252328. Additional information can be found at platformrevolution.com, platformstrategyinstitute.org, and ggparker.net.
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Customers find the book easy to read and understand. It provides a good foundation for beginners and refreshers. The content is clear and concise.
"...It is a great book and worth the money you spend on it." Read more
"Great read! Especially for new managers in an organization." Read more
"...A MANAGEMENT SCIENTIST OVERNIGHT BUT WILL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A GOOD FOUNDATION...." Read more
"Great book for a novice....then work your way up to more advanced material or if you get a COO job unexpectadly" Read more
Customers find the book easy to read and understand. It provides a quick reference to the main principles and tools needed in the field. They say it has interesting subjects and is a great reference for beginners or advanced students.
"...to, and that's nearly two dozen, but this has the most easy to listen to narration for the technical subject...." Read more
"The book explains in plain english the various details that you need to know in order to be able to use the operations management as a course to..." Read more
"Easy to read and understand. It highlighted all of the critical points of operations and provided helpful formulas and tips." Read more
"I really like the way this book was written, as it provide a quick reference to the main principles and tools that one needs in ops mgmt" Read more
Customers find the book helpful with useful information in many areas. It highlights critical points and provides helpful formulas and tips. They say it's a good start in Operations Management, providing a clear and concise overview from all aspects.
"Easy to read and understand. It highlighted all of the critical points of operations and provided helpful formulas and tips." Read more
"...DOWN SO THAT A BEGINNER OR EVEN AN ADVANCED STUDENT WILL FIND IT VERY USEFUL. OPERATION MGT. FOR DUMMIES IS NEAR PERFECTION. CLEAR AND TO THE POINT...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2020This book was purchased as an e-book as well as an audiobook it was paired together with it. All the audio books that I've listened to, and that's nearly two dozen, but this has the most easy to listen to narration for the technical subject. I know exactly which chapters to come back to to study in depth, but every single chapter was highly relevant to the real world experiences of supply chain management and operations management I cannot say this enough. Put in the 13 hours and listen to it cover to cover.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2014The book explains in plain english the various details that you need to know in order to be able to use the operations management as a course to credit in school or as a way of even starting a business if you want.
It is a great book and worth the money you spend on it.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017Easy to read and understand. It highlighted all of the critical points of operations and provided helpful formulas and tips.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019“You may have just been promoted into a position of operations management from another field”. Yes, I am an R&D veteran - DFSS (design for 6 sigma) black belt.
This is exactly the kind of book I am looking for - 1) a foundation or framework on how to run operations 2) to see whether or not my thoughts extended from DFSS fit into operations.
Also I learned gladly that, among the “ten mistakes that new operations managers make”, I have none of them with my thoughts.
Last, please forgive my English, I am not a native speaker.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2020Disclaimer: Haven't read any other Dummies books. I'm reading this for my small business.
In hindsight Ops Mgmt feels like it belongs in a textbook and doesn't quite fit the Dummies format. The book gets deep into math. For example Ch 8 Inventory Management requires comfort with statistics. Even though I was good at stats in college, that was a long time ago and I just wasn't able to follow some parts of this book. The book provides a tool-belt of equations but doesn't do a great job of explaining how they get to those equations.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2021Great read! Especially for new managers in an organization.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2021Short style excerpts but worked for what I needed it for at the time (operations management class for college). I pulled out some useful information for some of the papers I had to write for the class.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018I really like the way this book was written, as it provide a quick reference to the main principles and tools that one needs in ops mgmt
Top reviews from other countries
- AndyReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars OM is the core of business
Although this is a ref book I read it front to back. Operations management is the core of business and this book help me understand why. I also have knowledge of HOW to use this new knowledge in my own business regardless of why type of business.
- DeWetReviewed in Canada on January 23, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read. Value for money.
Excellent read. Helps the average Joe understand the basic fundamentals of OM.
- GustavoReviewed in Germany on December 22, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Great introductory book
Great book to introduce yourself in the complex world of Operations Management
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PBReviewed in Italy on November 22, 2020
3.0 out of 5 stars Come da titolo (for Dummies)
Descrizione generica di vari punti. Valido per una semplice introduzione all'argomento.
- Daniel P.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read!
I am quite knew to operations management and this book has so far given me some ideas on how to address certain set backs I’ve encountered