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1 Introduction to Operations Management
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Half-Title Page
McGraw-Hill Education Series
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Author Page
Preface
Guide
Connect Page
Acknowledgement
Brief Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to Operations Management
The Customer’s View of the World
Check Your Understanding 1.1
A Firm’s Strategic Trade-Offs
Check Your Understanding 1.2
CONNECTIONS: Airlines
Overcoming Inefficiencies: The Three System Inhibitors
Check Your Understanding 1.3
Operations Management at Work
Operations Management: An Overview of the Book
Check Your Understanding 1.4
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
References
2 Introduction to Processes
Process Definition, Scope, and Flow Units
Check Your Understanding 2.1
Three Key Process Metrics: Inventory, Flow Rate, and Flow Time
Check Your Understanding 2.2
Little’s Law—Linking Process Metrics Together
Check Your Understanding 2.3
CONNECTIONS: Little’s Law
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Cougar Mountain
3 Process Analysis
How to Draw a Process Flow Diagram
Check Your Understanding 3.1
Capacity for a One-Step Process
Check Your Understanding 3.2
How to Compute Flow Rate, Utilization, and Cycle Time
Check Your Understanding 3.3
How to Analyze a Multistep Process and Locate the Bottleneck
Check Your Understanding 3.4
The Time to Produce a Certain Quantity
Check Your Understanding 3.5
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Tesla
References
4 Process Improvement
Measures of Process Efficiency
Check Your Understanding 4.1
How to Choose a Staffing Level to Meet Demand
Check Your Understanding 4.2
Off-Loading the Bottleneck
How to Balance a Process
Check Your Understanding 4.3
The Pros and Cons of Specialization
Check Your Understanding 4.4
CONNECTIONS: The history of specialization
Understanding the Financial Impact of Process Improvements
Check Your Understanding 4.5
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
References
Case Xootr
5 Process Analysis with Multiple Flows
Generalized Process Flow Patterns
Check Your Understanding 5.1
How to Find the Bottleneck in a Process with Multiple Flows
Check Your Understanding 5.2
Flow-Dependent Processing Times
Check Your Understanding 5.3
Attrition Losses and Yields
Check Your Understanding 5.4
CONNECTIONS: TV Shows
Check Your Understanding 5.5
Rework
Check Your Understanding 5.6
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Airport Security
Reference
6 Learning Curves
Various Forms of the Learning Curve
Check Your Understanding 6.1
CONNECTIONS: Learning Curves in Sports
The Power Law
Check Your Understanding 6.2
Check Your Understanding 6.3
Estimating the Learning Curve Using a Linear Log-Log Graph
Check Your Understanding 6.4
Using Learning Curve Coefficients to Predict Costs
Check Your Understanding 6.5
Check Your Understanding 6.6
Using Learning Curve Coefficients to Predict Cumulative Costs
Check Your Understanding 6.7
Employee Turnover and Its Effect on Learning
Check Your Understanding 6.8
Standardization as a Way to Avoid “Relearning”
Check Your Understanding 6.9
CONNECTIONS: Process Standardization at Intel
Drivers of Learning
Check Your Understanding 6.10
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Ford’s Highland Plant
References
7 Process Interruptions
Setup Time
Check Your Understanding 7.1
Capacity of a Process with Setups
Batches and the Production Cycle
Capacity of the Setup Resource
Check Your Understanding 7.2
Capacity and Flow Rate of the Process
Check Your Understanding 7.3
Utilization in a Process with Setups
Check Your Understanding 7.4
CONNECTIONS: U.S. Utilization
Inventory in a Process with Setups
Check Your Understanding 7.5
Choose the Batch Size in a Process with Setups
Check Your Understanding 7.6
Setup Times and Product Variety
Check Your Understanding 7.7
CONNECTIONS: LEGO
Managing Processes with Setup Times
Why Have Setup Times: The Printing Press
Reduce Variety or Reduce Setups: SMED
Smooth the Flow: Heijunka
CONNECTIONS: Formula 1
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Bonaire Salt
8 Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System
What Is Lean Operations?
Check Your Understanding 8.1
Wasting Time of a Resource
Check Your Understanding 8.2
Check Your Understanding 8.3
Wasting Time of a Flow Unit
Check Your Understanding 8.4
The Architecture of the Toyota Production System
TPS Pillar 1: Single-Unit Flow and Just-in-Time Production
Pull Systems
Check Your Understanding 8.5
Check Your Understanding 8.6
Transferring on a Piece-by-Piece Basis
Takt Time
Demand Leveling
Check Your Understanding 8.7
TPS Pillar 2: Expose Problems and Solve Them When They Occur: Detect-Stop-Alert (Jidoka)
Exposing Problems
Jidoka: Detect-Stop-Alert
Check Your Understanding 8.8
Root-Cause Problem Solving and Defect Prevention
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Uber vs Cabs
Case Nike
References
9 Quality and Statistical Process Control
The Statistical Process Control Framework
Check Your Understanding 9.1
CONNECTIONS: Lost Luggage
Capability Analysis
Determining a Capability Index
Check Your Understanding 9.2
Predicting the Probability of a Defect
Check Your Understanding 9.3
Setting a Variance Reduction Target
Check Your Understanding 9.4
Process Capability Summary and Extensions
CONNECTIONS: Apple iPhone Bending
Conformance Analysis
Check Your Understanding 9.5
Investigating Assignable Causes
Check Your Understanding 9.6
How to Eliminate Assignable Causes and Make the Process More Robust
CONNECTIONS: Left and Right on a Boat
Defects with Binary Outcomes: Event Trees
Capability Evaluation for Discrete Events
Check Your Understanding 9.7
Defects with Binary Outcomes: p-Charts
Check Your Understanding 9.8
CONNECTIONS: Some free cash from Citizens Bank?
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Catching Rockets
Case The Production of M&M’s
References
10 Introduction to Inventory Management
Inventory Management
Types of Inventory
Inventory Management Capabilities
Reasons for Holding Inventory
Check Your Understanding 10.1
How to Measure Inventory: Days-of-Supply and Turns
Days-of-Supply
Inventory Turns
Benchmarks for Turns
CONNECTIONS: U.S. Inventory
Check Your Understanding 10.2
Evaluate Inventory Turns and Days-of-Supply from Financial Reports
Check Your Understanding 10.3
Inventory Stockout and Holding Costs
Inventory Stockout Cost
Inventory Holding Cost
Inventory Holding Cost Percentage
Inventory Holding Cost per Unit
Check Your Understanding 10.4
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Linking Turns To Gross Margin
11 Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Structure and Roles
Tier 2 Suppliers, Tier 1 Suppliers, and Manufacturers
Distributors and Retailers
Check Your Understanding 11.1
Metrics of Supply Chain Performance
Cost Metrics
Service Metrics
Check Your Understanding 11.2
Supply Chain Decisions
Tactical Decisions
Strategic Decisions
Check Your Understanding 11.3
Sources of Variability in a Supply Chain
Variability Due to Demand: Level, Variety, and Location
Variability Due to the Bullwhip Effect
Variability Due to Supply Chain Partner Performance
Check Your Understanding 11.4
Variability Due to Disruptions
Check Your Understanding 11.5
Supply Chain Strategies
Mode of Transportation
Check Your Understanding 11.6
Overseas Sourcing
Check Your Understanding 11.7
CONNECTIONS: Nike
CONNECTIONS: Zara
Make-to-Order
Check Your Understanding 11.8
CONNECTIONS: Dell
Online Retailing
Check Your Understanding 11.9
CONNECTIONS: Amazon
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Timbuk2
12 Inventory Management with Steady Demand
The Economic Order Quantity
The Economic Order Quantity Model
Check Your Understanding 12.1
CONNECTIONS: Consumption
EOQ Cost Function
Check Your Understanding 12.2
Optimal Order Quantity
Check Your Understanding 12.3
EOQ Cost and Cost per Unit
Check Your Understanding 12.4
Economies of Scale and Product Variety
Check Your Understanding 12.5
CONNECTIONS: Girl Scout Cookies
Quantity Constraints and Discounts
Quantity Constraints
Check Your Understanding 12.6
Quantity Discounts
Check Your Understanding 12.7
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case J&J and Walmart
13 Inventory Management with Perishable Demand
The Newsvendor Model
O’Neill’s Order Quantity Decision
Check Your Understanding 13.1
The Objective of and Inputs to the Newsvendor Model
Check Your Understanding 13.2
The Critical Ratio
Check Your Understanding 13.3
How to Determine the Optimal Order Quantity
Check Your Understanding 13.4
Check Your Understanding 13.5
CONNECTIONS: Flexible Spending Accounts
Newsvendor Performance Measures
Expected Inventory
Expected Sales
Check Your Understanding 13.6
Check Your Understanding 13.7
Expected Profit
Check Your Understanding 13.8
In-Stock and Stockout Probabilities
Check Your Understanding 13.9
Order Quantity to Achieve a Service Level
Check Your Understanding 13.10
Mismatch Costs in the Newsvendor Model
Check Your Understanding 13.11
Strategies to Manage the Newsvendor Environment: Product Pooling, Quick Response, and Make-to-Order
Product Pooling
Quick Response
Make-to-Order
Check Your Understanding 13.12
CONNECTIONS: Make-To-Order—Dell To Amazon
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Le Club Français du Vin
Appendix 13A
14 Inventory Management with Frequent Orders
Medtronic’s Supply Chain
The Order-up-to Model
Design of the Order-up-to Model
The Order-up-to Level and Ordering Decisions
Demand Forecast
Check Your Understanding 14.1
Check Your Understanding 14.2
CONNECTIONS: Poisson
Performance Measures
Expected On-Hand Inventory
Check Your Understanding 14.3
In-Stock and Stockout Probability
Check Your Understanding 14.4
Expected On-Order Inventory
Check Your Understanding 14.5
Choosing an Order-up-to Level
Check Your Understanding 14.6
Inventory and Service in the Order-up-to Level Model
Check Your Understanding 14.7
Improving the Supply Chain
Location Pooling
Lead-Time Pooling
Delayed Differentiation
Check Your Understanding 14.8
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Warkworth Furniture
Appendix 14A
15 Forecasting
Forecasting Framework
CONNECTIONS: Predicting the Future?
Evaluating the Quality of a Forecast
Check Your Understanding 15.1
Eliminating Noise from Old Data
Naïve Model
Check Your Understanding 15.2
Moving Averages
Check Your Understanding 15.3
Exponential Smoothing Method
Check Your Understanding 15.4
Comparison of Methods
Time Series Analysis—Trends
Check Your Understanding 15.5
Time Series Analysis—Seasonality
Check Your Understanding 15.6
Expert Panels and Subjective Forecasting
Sources of Forecasting Biases
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case International Arrivals
Literature / Further Reading
16 Service Systems with Patient Customers
Queues When Demand Exceeds Supply
Length of the Queue
Check Your Understanding 16.1
Time to Serve Customers
Check Your Understanding 16.2
Average Waiting Time
Check Your Understanding 16.3
Managing Peak Demand
CONNECTIONS: Traffic and Congestion Pricing
Queues When Demand and Service Rates Are Variable—One Server
The Arrival and Service Processes
Check Your Understanding 16.4
A Queuing Model with a Single Server
Utilization
Check Your Understanding 16.5
Predicting Time in Queue, Tq; Time in Service; and Total Time in the System
Predicting the Number of Customers Waiting and in Service
Check Your Understanding 16.6
Check Your Understanding 16.7
The Key Drivers of Waiting Time
CONNECTIONS: The Psychology of Waiting
Queues When Demand and Service Rates Are Variable—Multiple Servers
Utilization, the Number of Servers, and Stable Queues
Check Your Understanding 16.8
Predicting Waiting Time in Queue, Tq; Waiting Time in Service; and Total Time in the System
Predicting the Number of Customers Waiting and in Service
Check Your Understanding 16.9
Check Your Understanding 16.10
CONNECTIONS: Self-Service Queues
Queuing System Design—Economies of Scale and Pooling
The Power of Pooling
Check Your Understanding 16.11
Check Your Understanding 16.12
CONNECTIONS: The Fast-Food Drive-Through
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Potty Parity
17 Service Systems with Impatient Customers
Lost Demand in Queues with No Buffers
CONNECTIONS: Ambulance Diversion
The Erlang Loss Model
CONNECTIONS: Agner Krarup Erlang
Capacity and Implied Utilization
Performance Measures
Check Your Understanding 17.1
Percentage of Time All Servers Are Busy and the Denial of Service Probability
Check Your Understanding 17.2
Amount of Lost Demand, the Flow Rate, Utilization, and Occupied Resources
Check Your Understanding 17.3
Staffing
Check Your Understanding 17.4
Managing a Queue with Impatient Customers: Economies of Scale, Pooling, and Buffers
Economies of Scale
Pooling
Check Your Understanding 17.5
Buffers
Check Your Understanding 17.6
Lost Capacity Due to Variability
Check Your Understanding 17.7
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Reference
Case Bike Sharing
Appendix 17A: Erlang Loss Tables
18 Scheduling to Prioritize Demand
Scheduling Timeline and Applications
Resource Scheduling—Shortest Processing Time
Performance Measures
First-Come-First-Served vs. Shortest Processing Time
Check Your Understanding 18.1
Limitations of Shortest Processing Time
Resource Scheduling with Priorities—Weighted Shortest Processing Time
Check Your Understanding 18.2
CONNECTIONS: Net Neutrality
Resource Scheduling with Due Dates—Earliest Due Date
Check Your Understanding 18.3
Theory of Constraints
Reservations and Appointments
Scheduling Appointments with Uncertain Processing Times
No-Shows
CONNECTIONS: Overbooking
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Disney Fastpass
References
19 Project Management
Creating a Dependency Matrix for the Project
Check Your Understanding 19.1
The Activity Network
Check Your Understanding 19.2
The Critical Path Method
Check Your Understanding 19.3
Slack Time
Check Your Understanding 19.4
The Gantt Chart
Check Your Understanding 19.5
Uncertainty in Activity Times and Iteration
Random Activity Times
Iteration and Rework
Unknown Unknowns (Unk-unks)
Check Your Understanding 19.6
Project Management Objectives
Reducing a Project’s Completion Time
Organizing a Project
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Building the Bird’s Nest
Case Building a House in Three Hours
References
Literature/Further Reading
20 New Product Development
Types of Innovations
CONNECTIONS: Innovation at Apple
Check Your Understanding 20.1
The Product Development Process
Understanding User Needs
Attributes and the Kano Model
Check Your Understanding 20.2
Identifying Customer Needs
Coding Customer Needs
Concept Generation
Prototypes and Fidelity
CONNECTIONS: Crashing Cars
Generating Product Concepts Using Attribute-Based Decomposition
Check Your Understanding 20.3
Generating Product Concepts Using User Interaction–Based Decomposition
Check Your Understanding 20.4
Concept Selection
Rapid Validation/Experimentation
CONNECTIONS: The Fake Back-end and the Story of the First Voice Recognition Software
Check Your Understanding 20.5
Forecasting Sales
Check Your Understanding 20.6
Conclusion
Summary of Learning Objectives
Key Terms
Key Formulas
Conceptual Questions
Solved Example Problems
Problems and Applications
Case Innovation at Google
Case Innovation at Toyota
References
Glossary
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