Nigel Slack
Mike Lewis, Bath University

Publisher: Financial Times Press
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 496 pp

ISBN-10:	0273695193
ISBN-13:	9780273695196

Our Price: £43.99
Status: Instock
Published: 05 Sep 2007

Ideal for Advanced Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, this book builds on concepts from Strategic Management, Operations Management, Marketing and HRM to give students a comprehensive understanding of Operations Strategy.

Brief contents

 List of figures, tables and exhibits from case studies

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1        What is operations strategy?

Chapter 2        Operations performance

Chapter 3        Capacity strategy

Chapter 4        Supply network strategy

Chapter 5        Process technology strategy

Chapter 6        Improvement strategy

Chapter 7        Product and service development and organization

Chapter 8        The process of operations strategy – sustainable alignment

Chapter 9        The process of operations strategy – substitutes for strategy?

Chapter 10      The process of operations strategy – implementation?

Case studies

Bunge Limited

From Russiawith love

Ikea’s global sourcing challenge: Indian rugs and Child labour

McDonald’s Corporation

Kuhn Flowers

Inditex: Zara and beyond

Delta Synthetic Fibres (DSF)

The GreenvilleOperation

Turnround at the Prestonplant (revised)

DisneylandResort Paris

Index

• Comprehensive and accessible with authoritative authorship and an excellent blend of theory and practice,
• European context
• Engaging case studies,
• Teaching resources including an Instructor's Manual with extensive case notes and PowerPoint slides.

• This new edition has been focused to concentrate on the most significant topics in the subject, with 10 chapters replacing the previous 15. New material has been added and coverage of some older topics has been revised (see new table of contents).
• End of chapter cases exercises have been replaced by major end-of book 'Harvard-type' cases.
• New to the Instructor's resources online: additional cases and a set of questions and answers for class use / exam use.
• New coverage of hot topics, such as the implications of E-Business on ops strategy, agility & it's inter-relationship with lean, complexity, supply management issues, operations strategy for competitive advantage and SCM, and implementation.