Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services (The Irwin/McGraw Hill series) [Hardcover]

Richard B. Chase (Author), Nicholas J. Aquilano (Author), F. Robert Jacobs (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007561278X | ISBN-13: 978-0075612780 | Publication Date: February 1998 | Edition: 8th

Probably the most respected operations text on the market. This is an introductory operations management text that does well in both the introductory undergraduate OM course as well as at the senior level and graduate levels. It can also be found in industrial engineering. Chase's reputation for modern coverage and currency is largely the reason it has gained its reputation as an upper level course.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 889 pages
• Publisher: Richard D Irwin; 8th edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007561278X
• ISBN-13: 978-0075612780
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,028,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book is very well designed for a course on production/ o, July 17, 1999

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This review is from: Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services (The Irwin/McGraw Hill series) (Hardcover)

My name is Muhammad Salim Khan. I am a Professor at the University here in Pakistan and have been using this book for teaching production / operation management to the students of MBA here at our university. In my opinion the book is well designed and fulfills all requirements of the course. I would request the author/ publisher if they can provide me the solution manual of this book which will in fact help me in clearing my own concepts of the problems given at the end of each chapter.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good undergrad/MBA text., May 19, 2001

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Brian W. Kulik "bkulik" (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services (The Irwin/McGraw Hill series) (Hardcover)

If you're looking for a graduate textbook, Production & Operations Analysis by Nahmias is your essential text. I'm in a PhD program now, and I found Nahmias' book most helpful. But while I was in an MBA program, I used this POM book by Chase et al. I think the fact that it's on an eigth edition hurts it a little, since the services stuff (as opposed to manufacturing) looks like it's been thrown in as an afterthought, but at least it HAS services stuff, that's a good start - research is kinda hot in the area of services (such as my own research), so you can't expect the textbook to be complete in services topics until the research field matures.

It has an excellent discussion of supply-chain management, and is pretty comprehensive in all POM areas, at least in a qualitative way. The quantitative stuff is rather sporadic, which I think is a good thing - the undergrad/MBA student can learn POM issues without getting bogged down in quantitative details. If it is missing anything, it would be in revenue management (which has lately been incorporated into the supply chain) and risk analysis. Perhaps next edition...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book for teaching Production Management Classes, May 24, 1999

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Uwe Schneidewind ([e-mail]) (Oldenburg, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Production and Operations Management: Manufacturing and Services (The Irwin/McGraw Hill series) (Hardcover)

We use the book in our production courses at the university of Oldenburg in Germany. It's highly appreciated by the students. The CD is a big support for preparing the classes. The only deficit is the fact that not all pictures and tableaus of the book are part of the CD.

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind University of Oldenburg [e-mail]