Manager's Guide to Operations Management

Index

A

ABC analysis of inventories, 197, 198

Adaptive networks, 174, 240

Advanced Planning and Scheduling, 163–164, 203, 204, 219

Adversarial relationships in supply chains, 105, 106

Aggregate planning, 153–158

Air transport, 181

Analyze phase in Six Sigma, 77–82

APICS Dictionary, 192

APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge Framework, 192

Approvals, project, 138

Assemble-to-order processes, 34

Assembly lines, 34

Association for Operations Management, 192

Assumptions for projects, 123

Attribute data, 76

Authorization for projects, 120

Automated processes, 25, 52

Automatic Identification and Data Capture, 162

Average aggregate inventory value, 188–189

Average cost method, 189–190

B

Back orders, 155, 157

Backward passes, 132–133

Balance sheets, ...