Description
Operations and Supply Chain Management, 17e covers the latest and most important issues facing operations and
supply chain management (OSCM) managers while providing basic tools and techniques to promote a competitive
advantage and career-readiness. It covers relevant, current OSCM issues with a focus on the global economy, analytic
content that ties decisions to relevant data, and solutions to operations and supply chain-related problems. Hot topics
in business today that relate to OSCM are mitigating the risk of disruptions while reducing the cost of supply chain
processes, integration and collaboration with customers and suppliers, sustainability and minimizing the long-term
cost of products and processes. These topics are studied in the book to clarify the “big picture” of what these topics
are and why they are important to business today. The seventeenth edition supplies many examples of leading-edge
companies and practices to make the book an interesting and relevant read.