TY - BOOK AU - Muhlemann, Alan AU - Oakland, John AU - Lockyer, Keith TI - Production and operations management SN - 9780273032359 U1 - 658.5 PY - 1992/// CY - [London] : PB - ELBS with Pitman, KW - Production management N1 - Includes index; Part 1. Strategy and interfaces: -- The production operations -- Function and the organization -- Production operations -- Strategy planning and controlling the operations -- Production /operations management and financial management -- Production /operations management in manufacturing and services -- Part 2. The product or service: -- Marketing and product service design -- Product service-value and variety -- Quality reliability -- Part 3. The plant or facilities: -- Product, service, operations and competitive strategies -- Location and design of facilities -- Layout of facilities -- Equipment selection -- Maintenance of the facilities and equipment -- Part 4. The processes: -- Production /operations systems design -- Manufacturing systems design method -- Study work measurement -- Controlling quality through measurement -- Controlling quality through counting -- Part 5. The programmes or resource plans: -- Operations control-an introduction -- Forecasting capacity management and operations scheduling -- Manufacturing planning -- Case study -- Data capture and release inventory management -- Manufacturing planning and control systems -- Project management -- Resource allocation-linear programming -- Purchasing objectives and policies-organizing -- Part 6. The people: -- Production /operations and personnel management -- Health and safety management N2 - Structured around the 5 Ps model - Product, Plant, Processes, Programmes and People - this text considers production and operations management. This edition contains greater coverage of quality and reliability, short-term forecasting and new material on OPT, MRP and MRP(II) ER -