Loose-Leaf for Matching Supply with Demand [Loose-leaf]

CachonMatching Supply with Demand, 5e is a clear, concise, and more rigorous approach to an introductory
Operations management course. Written by Wharton authors who use their guiding principles real operations, real
solutions to bring the text and concepts to life, writing most chapters from the perspective of specific companies. The
real solutions refers to providing students with tools and strategies they can implement in practice and apply the
author's models in a realistic operational setting. The authors strive for real simple by using as little mathematical
notation as possible, focusing on many real-world examples and consistent terminology and phrasing throughout. They
have even included author-created videos to help instructors better understand each chapter which can be found in the
Chapter Video Teaching Notes in the Instructor Resources. Cachon,Matching Supply with Demand, 5e is a strongly
application based advanced title suitable for senior-level undergraduate courses or graduate-level courses.

Chapter 1:Introduction

Chapter 2:The Process View of the Organization

Chapter 3:Understanding the Supply Process: Evaluating Process Capacity

Chapter 4:Estimating and Reducing Labor Costs

Chapter 5:Batching and Other Flow Interruptions: Setup Times and the Economic OrderQuantity Model

Chapter 6:The Link between Operations and Finance

Chapter 7:Quality and Statistical Process Control

Chapter 8:Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System

Chapter 9:Variability and Its Impact on Process Performance: Waiting Time Problems

Chapter 10:The Impact of Variability on Process Performance: Throughput Losses

Chapter 11:Scheduling to Prioritize Demand

Chapter 12:Project Management

Chapter 13:Forecasting

Chapter 14:Betting on Uncertain Demand: The Newsvelc‡