Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management (Asia Higher Education Business & Economics Management and Organization) - Softcover

Cachon, Gerard; Terwiesch Associate Professor, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071326227 ISBN 13: 9780071326223

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Asia, 2012

Synopsis

This book represents the essential body of knowledge for an introductory operations management course. The guiding principle in the development of Matching Supply with Demand has been `real operations, real solutions`.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor Cachon is the Fred R. Sullivan Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisons at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches a variety of undergraduate, MBA, executive, and Ph.D. courses in operations management. His research focuses on operations strategy, and in particular, on how operations are used to gain competitive advantage. 
His administrative responsibilities have included Chair of the Operations, Information and Decisions Department, Vice Dean of Strategic Initiatives for the Wharton School, and President of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Society. He has been named an INFORMS Fellow and a Distinguished Fellow of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Society. 
His articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Marketing Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Operations Research. He is the former editor-in-chief of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Management Science. He has consulted with a wide range of companies, including 4R Systems, Ahold, Americold, Campbell Soup, Gulfstream Aerospace, IBM, Medtronic, and ONeill. 
Before joining The Wharton School in July 2000, Professor Cachon was on the faculty at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He received a Ph.D. from The Wharton School in 1995. 
He is an avid proponent of bicycle commuting (and other environmentally friendly modes of transportation). Along with his wife and four children he enjoys hiking, scuba diving and photography.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Asia
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0071326227
• ISBN 13: 9780071326223
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 512