Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management: An Introduction to Operations Management | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gerard Cachon, Christian Terwiesch
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 200048
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Pages: 504
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0073525162
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.5
EAN: 9780073525167
Publication Date: April 7, 2008
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MATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND by Cachon and Terwiesch is the most authoritative, cutting-edge book for operations management MBAs. The book demands rigorous analysis on the part of students without requiring consistent use of sophisticated mathematical modeling to perform it. When the use of quantitative tools or formal modeling is indicated, it is only to perform the necessary analysis needed to inform and support a practical business solution.
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The most up-to-date Operations textbook March 31, 2005
Serguei Netessine (Wynnewood, PA United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
My experience with this book comes from teaching introductory Operations classes to MBA students at the Wharton School of Business. The book is unique in that it covers several exciting recent developments in Operations Management including such topics as revenue management, bullwhip effect, supply chain coordination and manufacturing flexibility. These issues are very well-received by students but so far have not been a part of any introductory Operations text I know of. Quantitative topics are explained using real-world examples with data coming from actual companies which allows for an entertaining read while preserving quantitative rigor of the material. Extensive sets of problems accompanying each chapter make the adoption process easy for instructors. Overall, this is a well thought-out book that has now been tested at Wharton for several years and hence has very few (if any) bugs that are so common in new textbooks.
Tackles complex issues simply, well integrated with course April 20, 2005
T. Viles (Philadelphia, PA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am an MBA student who has used this course book for our first year operations class. The book tackles difficult topics in a very easy to read way and is extremely well integrated with the associated case book and lecture notes. It provides the right level of detail, enabling students to pick up the tools or delve more deeply into the underlying mathematical constructs. The book does what it says on the label, teaching how to match supply with demand through analyzing process bottlenecks, queuing, lost customers, optimal inventory and yield management and supply chain management issues, such as the bull-whip effect and tackling double marginalization. This is a great introductory book to operations management.
Comprehensive, useful and very well written April 4, 2005
Jeff D. Harmer
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found this text book to be extremely helpful in understand and applying operations management. It includes a comprehensive introduction into topics like process flow, estimating and reducing labor costs, batching, the impact of variability, projecting uncertain demand, reactive capacity, risk pooling and several others.
More importantly, the models and examples used are not only practical, but actually interesting. Class discussions were drastically improved due to an increased interest in the cases. I'm sure it took a monumental effort to develop models and cases that make Operations Management interesting to the common student.
A very good book to get introducted to Operations Management January 24, 2005
Daniel A. Soosai
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very simple, well written and elegant book. It provides a good way to get introduced to the field of operations management. Covers the whole spectrum: Manufacturing operations(Job Shop to Automated Lines) to Service operations.
Excellent Introduction to Operations March 31, 2005
David Rogers (San Francisco, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I manage over 100 people in an Operations department for a large S&P 500 financial services company. I found this text to be extremely helpful. The material is clearly and logically presented, with ample use of real world examples that help drive the points home. I found the short summaries interspersed throughout the chapters particularly helpful, as they provided a snapshot reference of key ideas and methods. I have used the concepts within my organization to quantitatively analyze and improve our processes with considerable success, gaining significant efficiencies with bottom line impact. I highly recommend it.
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