An Introduction to Operations Management: The Joy of Operations

An Introduction to Operations Management: The Joy of Operations covers the core topics of operations management, including product and service design, processes, capacity planning, forecasting, inventory, quality, supply chain management, and project management. Das provides a clear, connected, and current view of operations management and how it relates to a firm’s strategic goals.Students will benefit from the real-world scenarios that foster an understanding of operations management tasks. Without relying heavily on statistics and mathematical derivations, the book offers applied models and a simple, predictable chapter format to make it easy to navigate.Students of introductory operations management courses will love this practical textbook. A companion website features an instructor’s manual with test questions, as well as additional exercises and examples for in-class use.

About the Author

Ajay Das is a Professor in the Operations Management group at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, New York, USA. He has hands-on industry experience in operations and supply chain management and has published extensively in top-tier scholarly and professional journals including the Journal of Operations Management and the International Journal of Operations and Production Management .