About the Book

The book entitled Production and Operations Management is designed to help managers in making effective production and operations decisions. The concise and accessible style of the book is suitable for students pursuing management and other applied courses. The book effectively blends together the theoretical and practical concepts to make readers comprehend and apply these concepts in their studies and professional life.

About the Author

Prof. K. C. Jain is Senior Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering in Prestige Institute of Engineering and Science (PIES), Indore. Dr. Jain has more than four decades of teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering. He has authored a number of books on various subjects related to these fields. Dr. P. L. Verma is Associate Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering in Samrat Ashok Technological Institute. He has about 16 years of teaching experience. His research areas are Production and Operations Management, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Statistical Quality Control & Six Sigma. Mr. Prabhat Kartikey is a young engineer graduated from Jabalpur Engineering College Jabalpur, where he studied industrial production engineering. He has 3 years of teaching experience in the same field. His research area includes innovative, intelligent and creative design and process, Ergonomics in design and Management.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Overview of Production and Operations Management 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Concept of Production and Operations Management 1.3 Role and Responsibilities of a Productions and Operations Manager 1.4 Recent Trends in Production and Operations Management Chapter 2: Operations Strategy 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Concept of Strategy 2.3 Concept of Strategic Management 2.4 Concept of Operations Strategy 2.5 Modification of an Operations Strategy Chapter 3: Forecasting 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Concept of Forecasting 3.3 Techniques of Forecasting 3.4 Limitations of Forecasting 3.5 Criteria for Efficient Forecasting Chapter 4: Product Analysis 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Concept of Product and its Characteristics 4.3 Product Selection 4.4 Product Design 4.5 Concept of Product Development Chapter 5: Capacity Management 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Concept of Capacity 5.3 Concept of Capacity Management 5.4 Estimation of Equipment Requirements 5.5 Concept of Capacity Planning 5.6 Methods for Measuring Capacity Chapter 6: Quality Management: Strategic Issues 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Quality Management 6.3 Total Quality Management 6.4 Cost of Quality 6.5 International Organization for Standardization Chapter 7: Facility Location and Layout 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Concept of Facility Location 7.3 Current Trends in Industry Location 7.4 Concept of Plant Layout Chapter 8: Productivity 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Concept of Productivity 8.3 Concept of Job Analysis 8.4 Concept of Job Description 8.5 Concept of Job Specification 8.6 Concept of Job Design 8.7 Concept of Job Evaluation 8.8 Work Study 8.9 Method Study 8.10 Motion Study 8.11 Work Measurement 8.12 Solved Illustrations Chapter 9: Aggregate Planning 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Concept of Aggregate Planning 9.3 Concept of Linear Programming 9.4 Transportation Model Chapter 10: Material Requirement Planning 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Introduction to Material Requirement Planning 10.3 Inputs of MRP 10.4 Lot Sizing 10.5 MRP Updating 10.6 Capacity Requirements Planning 10.7 Enterprise Resource Planning Chapter 11: Materials Management 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Materials Management 11.3 Materials Planning and Control 11.4 Purchase Management 11.5 Stores Management 11.6 Materials Handling 11.7 Supply Chain Management Chapter 12: Inventory Management 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Concept of Inventory Management 12.3 Reorder Point 12.4 Safety 12.5 Techniques of Inventory Management 12.6 Solved Illustrations Chapter 13: Production Planning and Control 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Concept of Production Planning 13.3 Production Planning- A Part of Corporate Planning 13.4 Meaning of Production Control 13.5 Integration between Production Planning and Production Control 13.6 Concept of Production Planning and Control 13.7 Concept of Line of Balance Chapter 14: Production Scheduling 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Overview of Production Scheduling 14.3 Concept of Loading 14.4 Sequencing 14.5 Project Scheduling Chapter 15: Quality Control 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Concept of Quality Control 15.3 Statistical Quality Control 15.4 Tools of Descriptive Statistics 15.5 Tools of Statistical Process Control 15.6 Tools for Acceptance Sampling 15.7 Six Sigma 15.8 Process Capability 15.9 Quality Circles Chapter 16: Maintenance Management 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Concept of Maintenance Management 16.3 Replacement of Equipment 16.4 Concept of Reliability 16.5 Maintenance Management System 16.6 Total Productive Maintenance Chapter 17: Just-in-Time System 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Concept of Just-in-Time 17.3 Elements of JIT 17.4 Ideal Production System and JIT Production 17.5 Benefits of JIT 17.6 Tools and Techniques of JIT 17.7 Implementation of JIT 17.8 JIT in Service Sector 17.9 Synchronous Production and JIT 17.10 DBR Mechanism Chapter 18: Change Management 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Concept of Change 18.3 Factors Responsible for Change in Production Environment 18.4 Interventions for Change Management in Production Environment 18.5 Challenges in Change Management 18.6 Operational Change Management 18.7 Business Process Re-engineering in Change Management