Whether you're a university or postgraduate student, a middle manager, senior management or CEO, an entrepreneur, or a professional seeking to leverage your Operations Management skills, this book is a guide as well as serving as a road map along your journey. It is designed to navigate as well as, illumi-nate the path to the achievement of your goals. Ultimately, the end result will be for the reader to be-come more insightful and nuanced when participating in a business organization and Enterprise's opera-tional processes, value and supply chains, capacity and inventory, in resource planning and in quality management. This is companion to Critical Thinking2 - A Force Multiplier (2024) which is a Primer on Problem Analysis and Decision-Making, and, the complementary Logical Fallacies, The Utility of Log-ic and Argumentation (2024). By the time you reach the final chapter, you will have gained a much deeper understanding of the use of quantitative methods, including simulation modeling in problem solving and strategy. Self-Test Questions and Exercises, and many case studies are found throughout. Chapters ten and elev-en, in particular, discuss neural networks and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become central to business operations, closing the circle. The Epilogue presents the Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) as a special, unique topic; then, Five Appendices follow: Appendix 1, Glossary Of Operations Management Key Terms, Acronyms, And Jargon; Appendix 2, Formulas And Equations Operations Management; Appendix 3, Solving Opera-tions Management Problems; Appendix 4, Understanding Financial Statements Numbers And Ratios You Need To Know; and, Appendix 5, Case Studies Listing. This Book is a great introduction to furthering your business and management career and studies. The wisdom and lessons contained within can be utilized to supplement your life-long Learning, or just be a resource reference, for those aspiring to reach those lofty Management heights.
ThriftBooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. We personally assess every book's quality and offer rare, out-of-print treasures. We deliver the joy of reading in recyclable packaging with free standard shipping on US orders over $20. ThriftBooks.com. Read more. Spend less.