Operations and supply chain management. The core / F. Robert Jacobs Indiana University, Richard B. Chase, University of Southern California.

Originally published as: Operations and supply management. The core.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Operations and supply management -- Strategy and sustainability -- Forecasting -- Strategic capacity management -- Learning curves -- Projects -- Manufacturing processes -- Break-even analysis -- Service processes -- Sales and operations planning -- Material requirements planning -- Quality management and Six Sigma -- Inventory management -- Lean supply chains -- Global sourcing and procurement -- Location, logistics, and distribution -- Appendix A: Linear programming using the Excel Solver -- Appendix B: Answers to selected objective questions -- Appendix C: Present value table -- Appendix D: Negative exponential distribution: values of e-x -- Appendix E: Areas of the cumulative standard normal distribution.