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The book entitled Production and Operations Management is designed to help managers in making effective production and operations decisions. The concise and accessible style of the book is suitable for students pursuing management and other applied courses. The book effectively blends together the theoretical and practical concepts to make readers comprehend and apply these concepts in their studies and professional life.
Chapter 1: Overview of Production and Operations Management
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Concept of Production and Operations Management
1.3 Role and Responsibilities of a Productions and Operations Manager
1.4 Recent Trends in Production and Operations Management
Chapter 2: Operations Strategy
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Concept of Strategy
2.3 Concept of Strategic Management
2.4 Concept of Operations Strategy
2.5 Modification of an Operations Strategy
Chapter 3: Forecasting
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Concept of Forecasting
3.3 Techniques of Forecasting
3.4 Limitations of Forecasting
3.5 Criteria for Efficient Forecasting
Chapter 4: Product Analysis
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Concept of Product and its Characteristics
4.3 Product Selection
4.4 Product Design
4.5 Concept of Product Development
Chapter 5: Capacity Management
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Concept of Capacity
5.3 Concept of Capacity Management
5.4 Estimation of Equipment Requirements
5.5 Concept of Capacity Planning
5.6 Methods for Measuring Capacity
Chapter 6: Quality Management: Strategic Issues
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Quality Management
6.3 Total Quality Management
6.4 Cost of Quality
6.5 International Organization for Standardization
Chapter 7: Facility Location and Layout
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Concept of Facility Location
7.3 Current Trends in Industry Location
7.4 Concept of Plant Layout
Chapter 8: Productivity
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Concept of Productivity
8.3 Concept of Job Analysis
8.4 Concept of Job Description
8.5 Concept of Job Specification
8.6 Concept of Job Design
8.7 Concept of Job Evaluation
8.8 Work Study
8.9 Method Study
8.10 Motion Study
8.11 Work Measurement
8.12 Solved Illustrations
Chapter 9: Aggregate Planning
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Concept of Aggregate Planning
9.3 Concept of Linear Programming
9.4 Transportation Model
Chapter 10: Material Requirement Planning
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Introduction to Material Requirement Planning
10.3 Inputs of MRP
10.4 Lot Sizing
10.5 MRP Updating
10.6 Capacity Requirements Planning
10.7 Enterprise Resource Planning
Chapter 11: Materials Management
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Materials Management
11.3 Materials Planning and Control
11.4 Purchase Management
11.5 Stores Management
11.6 Materials Handling
11.7 Supply Chain Management
Chapter 12: Inventory Management
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Concept of Inventory Management
12.3 Reorder Point
12.4 Safety
12.5 Techniques of Inventory Management
12.6 Solved Illustrations
Chapter 13: Production Planning and Control
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Concept of Production Planning
13.3 Production Planning- A Part of Corporate Planning
13.4 Meaning of Production Control
13.5 Integration between Production Planning and Production Control
13.6 Concept of Production Planning and Control
13.7 Concept of Line of Balance
Prof. K. C. Jain is Senior Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering in Prestige Institute of Engineering and Science (PIES), Indore. Dr. Jain has more than four decades of teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering. He has authored a number of books on various subjects related to these fields.
Dr. P. L. Verma is Associate Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering in Samrat Ashok Technological Institute. He has about 16 years of teaching experience. His research areas are Production and Operations Management, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Statistical Quality Control & Six Sigma.
Mr. Prabhat Kartikey is a young engineer graduated from Jabalpur Engineering College Jabalpur, where he studied industrial production engineering. He has 3 years of teaching experience in the same field. His research area includes innovative, intelligent and creative design and process, Ergonomics in design and Management.
