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| Chapter | Sample Pages | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction | |
| 2. | The Process View of the Organization | |
| 3. | Understanding the Supply Process: Evaluating Process Capacity | |
| 4. | Estimating and Reducing Labor Costs | |
| 5. | The Link between Operations and Finance | |
| 6. | Batching and Other Flow Interruptions: Setup Times and the Economic Order Quantity Model | |
| 7. | Variability and Its Impact on Process Performance: Waiting Time Problems | |
| 8. | The Impact of Variability on Process Performance: Throughput Losses | |
| 9. | Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, and Six-Sigma Capability | |
| 10. | Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System | |
| 11. | Betting on Uncertain Demand: the Newsvendor Model | |
| 12. | Assemble-to-Order, Make-to-Order, and Quick Response with Reactive Capacity | |
| 13. | Service Levels and lead Times in Supply Chains: The Order-up-to Inventory Model | |
| 14. | Risk-Pooling Strategies to Reduce and Hedge Uncertainty | |
| 15. | Revenue with Capacity Controls | |
| 16. | Supply Chain Coordination | |
| APPENDIXES A. Statistics Tutorial B. Tables C. Evaluation of the Loss Function D. Equations and Approximations E. Solutions to Selected Practice Problems |
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| GLOSSARY | ||
| REFERENCES | ||
| INDEX OF KEY "HOW TO" EXHIBITS | ||
| SUMMARY OF KEY NOTATION AND EQUATIONS | ||
| INDEX |