"Over 50 concept entries include: Operations Strategy, Managing Innovation, Process Modeling, New Product Development, Forecasting, Planning and Control, Supply Chain Management, Risk Management and many more."--Publisher

'Key Concepts in Operations Management' introduces a selection of key concepts and techniques in the field. Concise informative and contemporary, with consideration given to explaining the principles of the topic, as well as the relevant debates and literature, the book contains over 50 concept...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD -- Guest editorial -- The manufacturing extraprise: an emerging production network paradigm -- Strategic roles of manufacturing -- The evolution of production systems and conceptual frameworks -- Strategic options-based framework for management of...