Operations Management and Management Science

Fausto Pedro García Márquez

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781803559827
• eBook ISBN:
  9781803559810
• Topic: Business
• Index: Business

Operations Management and Management Science introduces the main concepts in this discipline. It also considers case studies from several industries, and the established and novel algorithms applied to solve them. Future applications and trends are discussed and future work to improve the solutions presented is suggested. Operations management may be defined as the efficient transformation of inputs to outputs according to the needs of customers and considering the limitations present in the process. It involves process optimization from design to future requirements, the management of materials and products, production, and other aspects such as maintenance and quality control. In this case, the products can be regarded as goods or services, while the inputs are human resources, financial support, information, material, energy, etc.

Table of contents

• Operations Management and Management Science
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter1 Differences between Universal-Deterministic and Probabilistic Hypotheses in€Operations Management Research
• Chapter2 Design and Planning Robust and Competitive Supply Chains
• Chapter3 Facility Location
• Chapter4 Forecasting Techniques and Accuracy of Sales Performance of a Grocery Store
• Chapter5 Performance Measurement Using Deterministic and Stochastic Multiplicative Directional Distance Functions
• Chapter6 Managing Large-scale Societal Change
• Chapter7 The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Supply Chain Operations
• Chapter8 Capacitated Clustering Models to Real-Life Applications
• Chapter9 A Conducive Quality Environment Augmenting Practice in Educational Institution
• Chapter10 Assessment of Medical Equipment Maintenance Management