Operations Management: Creating Value Along the Supply Chain, 7th Edition

Acknowledgments

The writing and revision of a textbook, like any large project, requires the help and creative energy of many people, and this is certainly not the exception. We especially appreciate the confidence, support, help, and friendship of our editor at Wiley. We also thank the Wiley staff members who helped with our book including:

Sarah Vernon, Assistant Editor; Lise Johnson, Executive Editor; Alison Morris, Media Editor; Elena Santa Maria, Associate Media Editor; Karolina Zarychta, Marketing Manager; Anna Melhorn, Production Editor; and numerous other people who work behind the scenes to whom we never saw or talked. We are indebted to the reviewers of the text including: Robert Donnelly; Robert Aboolian, California State University San Marcos; Ajay Aggarwal, Millsaps College; Fred Anderson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Beni Asllani, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Anteneh Ayanso, University of Connecticut, Storrs; Brent Bandy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; Joe Biggs, California Polytechnic State University; Tom Bramorski, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; Kimball Bullington, Middle Tennessee State University; Cem Canel, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Janice Cerveny, Florida Atlantic University; Robert Clark, SUNY Stony Brook; Ajay Das, Baruch College CUNY; Kathy Dhanda, University of Portland; Susan Emens, Kent State University; Yee Fok, University of New Orleans; Phillip Fry, Boise State University; Mark Gershon, Temple University; Robert ...