Operations Strategy

New to this edition:

• A brand new chapter on socially responsible operations strategy
• New and updated ‘boxed’ examples within the text, addressing current trends and themes plus an additional integrative case at the end of the book
• A new overarching framework providing a clearer indication of the positioning of each chapter in the subject
• Coverage of new and emerging topics, including ideas such as ethical globalization and the social license to operate, the merging of products and services and the nature of operations strategy decision-making, including decision-making under uncertainty and strategy mapping
• Greater coverage of technology, including the increasing importance of process technologies, drivers of the adoption of new technologies and classifying technologies by their primary capabilities

1 An introduction to operations strategy

2 Operations performance

3 Socially responsible operations strategy

4 Capacity strategy

5 Purchasing and supply strategy

6 Process technology strategy

7 Improvement strategy

8 Product and service development and organisation

9 The process of operations strategy – formulation and implementation

10 The process of operations strategy – monitoring and control

Case studies

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Operations Strategy 6th Edition Instructor's Manual, 6/E

Slack & Lewis

ISBN: 9781292317878

 

Nigel Slack is Emeritus Professor of Operations Management and Strategy at Warwick Business School, an Honorary Professor at Bath University and an Associate Fellow of Said Business School, Oxford. He is an educator, consultant and writer with wide experience in many sectors.

Michael Lewis is Professor of Operations and Supply Management and Head of the Information, Decisions and Operations Group at Bath School of Management. He has teaching, research and consultancy experience with a broad range of public and private sector organisations.