Best Operations Textbooks

There are so many distinct aspects of Operations Management books that every supply chain expert should study that choosing which relevant Operations Management text books to read may be overwhelming. Consider these textbooks for theoretical situations and the ability to deal with and adapt to any real-life issue in the realm of operations.

 

1. “Managing Front Office Operations” by Michael L. Kasavana

 

This one-of-a-kind book takes a comprehensive look at project interface management, a new profession that involves planning, organizing, and managing the work of others at project interfaces. It consists of various procedures, tools, and methods that align key interactions between systems engineering, project management, and operations management to minimize project risk and improve the successful design, implementation, execution, and transition of large projects. This cutting-edge book will be useful in graduate-level system engineering and project management courses and executive education programs and as a professional reference. New York University and Boston University use this book as part of their business programs.

 

2. “Managing Business Process Flows” by Anupindi and colleagues

 

This is a comprehensive Operations Management book that goes well beyond most college textbooks in terms of intricacy. The book also provides a feeling of balance between theory and practice in the formulation and calculation course. The material is well-organized, and the writers did an excellent job of limiting the explanations to a minimum.

The effort involved in designing, manufacturing, and distributing an organization's products or services is referred to as operations management.

The following key aspects of the Operations Management discipline are explained and examined:

 

• Product design and business systems. This section addresses the question of how to get goods or services to market as quickly as possible. Efficiency, lowest possible costs and best possible quality are all priorities.
• After that, the book shifts its emphasis to quality i.e, integrating quality into all aspects of the operation's procedures.
• The next topic is supply-chain management. The management of the manufacturing process from start to finish and deciding whether the organization should manufacture the product itself or purchase it from a third party is examined.

Operations Management contains numerous case studies examining the real-world problems operational personnel confront in today's businesses. The book also uses historical examples to create a picture of what it takes to operate a world-class organization. You will find this book used by major institutions like Rice University and Northwestern University.