TITLE : BASIC PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. 2ND ED.*

CONTENTS
 
 
PART ONE   INTRODUCTION  1
 
1. Production and Operations Management, A Perspective
2. Decision Makingg and the Production Function
3. The Systems Concept
 
PART TWO    ANALYTICAL METHODS  69
 
4. Analytical Methods in Production and Operations
   Management
5. Cost Data for Decisions
6. Capital Costs and Investment Criteria
 
PART THREE   DESIGN OF PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS   165
 
7. Production Design and Processes
8. Process Planning
9. Plant Location
10 Layout of Physical Facilities
11 Job Design and Man-Machine Systems
12 Production Standards and Work Measurement
 
PART FOUR   OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL   423
 
13 Production-Inventory Systems
14 Forecasting and Inventories
15 Aggregate Plans and Programs
16 Scheduling and Control for High-Volume Systems
17 Scheduling and Control for Intermittent Systems
18 Planning, Scheduling, and Control for Large-Scale Projects
19 Control of Quality
 
PART FIVE   SYNTHESIS   649
 
20 Production and Operations Management Summary
 
PART SIX APPENDIX   663
 
A.  TABLES
I.   PVsp Present Value Factors for Future Single Payments
II.  PVa Present Value Factors for Annuities
III. Factors Useful in the Construction of Control Charts
IV.  Table of Random Digits
 
B.	WAITING LINE FORMULAS
C.	ANSWERS TO SELF-TEST TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
 
INDEX   671