Operations/Production Management-An Introduction
Production Planning and Design
Facilities Planning: Process Selection and Process Flow Analysis
Choice of Technology
Facilities Planning: Location
Facilities Layout and Material Handling
The Economical Size of an Industrial Unit
Capacity Planning
Work Design
Job Design
Operations/Production Planning and Control (OPC or PPC)
Planning and Control for Mass Production
Planning and Control of Production for Batch Production
Planning and Control for Jon Shop Production
Planning and Control of Projects
Value Engineering or Value Analysis
Managing Quality
Quality Control and Improvement
Equipment Replacement
Maintenance Management
Job Analysis, Job Description and Job Specification
Job Evaluation and Compensation Plans
Organization and Management of Safety in a Factory
Budgetary Control
Capital Budgeting
Supply Chain Management
Inventory Management: Independent Demand Inventory
Inventory Management: Dependent Demand Inventory:
Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
Stores Management
Rationalised Codification System
Waste Management
Industrial Productivity
Depreciation on Fixed Assets
Costing and Cost Control
Cost Accounting Systems
Intangible Assets
Break-even Analysis
Performance Appraisal
Transportation Problems
Re-engineering for the 21st Century
Waiting Lines
Future HR Trends Relevant for Production/Operations
Management Information System (MIS) and Production Management

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Before the sub-prime crisis and the consequent failure of the overleveraged US and European banks, Indian economy was growing at a healthy 9 per cent, but the slow down brought the growth rate down to 6-6.5 per cent. However, it goes to India?s credit that when most of the economies abroad were showing negative growth, we continued to grow positively. The growth rate now hovers between 7 and 7.75 per cent. Indian manufacturing sector has also shown signs of recovery. Though China too continues to grow, China earns huge foreign exchange in dollar falls, the Chinese economy with a huge dollar the US treasury bills. If the rate of dollar falls, the Chinese economy with a huge dollar pile up is likely to suffer. Indian itself is a vast market, and our economy is not totally export-oriented. Indian banking sector is regulated by the RBI, and is not allowed risky exposures.

Production and Operations Management is a vitally important area in a growing economy. This book explains the nuts and bolts of this subject in an easy-to-understand manner. The text is supported by supplementary materials given in boxes. The ancillary areas of purchasing, materials, stores and inventory are also covered in sufficient details.

As manufacturing is slowly moving from being just labour intensive, new concepts such as CAD/CAM and automation have been dealt with. Manufacturing processes and being questioned through business process re-engineering which has been discussed. OR techniques like Waiting Lines, and Transportation Models have been added. The HE and financial aspects of production have not been left untouched.

In short, this is comprehensive text of this subject, useful to students and practitioners.