Production and Operations Management (3rd Edition)

The third edition of Production and Operations Management is a comprehensive textbook specially designed to meet the needs of Management students. The text uses an application-based approach to explain the various concepts using extensive industry-based examples, cases, and exercises. The title has been revised to include a new chapter on new product development apart from several new topics, exhibits, and case studies. The book discusses in detail topics such as facility location planning, facility capacity and layout planning, inventory Management, aggregate planning and project Management, emerging concepts such as e-procurement and operating resource Management, multiple criteria ABC analysis, location planning of foreign facilities, and service quality measurement.