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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition
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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

by Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
236h 9m
English
Pearson
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Long description

The flow is as follows: Process structure, resource flexibility, capital intensity, and customer involvement are depicted in a cyclic pattern moving in both directions. The process structure feeds into layout. Capital intensity feeds into strategies for change, which feeds into effective process design. Features of each are as follows:

Process Structure

  • Customer-contact position, services

  • Product-process position, manufacturing

Layout

  • Block plan

  • Detailed layout

Customer Involvement

  • Low involvement

  • High involvement

Resource Flexibility

  • Specialized

  • Enlarged

Capital Intensity

  • Low automation

  • High automation

Strategies for Change

  • Process reengineering

  • Process improvement

Effective Design Process

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ISBN: 9780134741062