Encyclopedia in Operations Management

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-28993-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Medienkombination, Englisch, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm

Encyclopedia of Operations Management is an indispensable reference guide that offers a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of the field of operations management. Designed to cater to both students and professionals, this encyclopedia provides a wide range of knowledge, insights, and best practices for optimizing operations within diverse industries and organizations. The encyclopedia incorporates numerous case studies and examples drawn from a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, services, healthcare, logistics, and e-commerce. These real-world illustrations enable readers to grasp the practical implications of various operations management concepts and techniques. Recognizing the evolving nature of operations management, this encyclopedia incorporates the latest trends, emerging technologies, and industry practices. It addresses topics such as Industry 4.0, digital transformation, sustainability, agile methodologies, and data analytics, ensuring that readers are equipped with up-to-date knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Choi, Tsan-Ming Jason

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Operations and Productivity
2. Data Analytics in Operations
3. Project Management
4. Forecasting and Capacity Management
5. Design of Goods and Services
6. Managing Quality
7. Process Strategies
8. Location Strategies
9. Layout Strategies
10. Human Resources, Job Design, and Work Measurement in OM
11. Supply Chain Management (SCM)
12. Inventory Management
13. Aggregate Planning
14. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
15. Short-Term Scheduling
16. Just-In-Time (JIT) and Lean Operations
17. Maintenance and Reliability
18. Project Management
19. Sustainable Operations Management
20. Global Operations and Supply Chain

Über Autor(innen)

Choi, Tsan-Ming Jason
Professor Tsan-Ming CHOI (Jason) is a management scientist, operations researcher and systems engineer. He is now Chair in Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Director of the Centre for Supply Chain Research at University of Liverpool Management School (ULMS). He has published extensively in leading journals in the fields of operations management, engineering management, logistics, and supply chain management. His recent research has been funded by many external funding bodies such as Research Grants Council (HK), University Grants Council (HK), M.O.E. (TW), and M.O.S.T. (TW). He is also serving the academic community as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, a Senior Editor of Production and Operations Management, and Decision Support Systems, a Department Editor of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, an Associate Editor of Decision Sciences, and IEEE TSMC-Systems, and an editorial board member of International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and International Transactions in Operational Research. He is currently an external member of the engineering panel, Research Grants Council (HK) in which he helps handle reviews, give recommendations and monitor the progress of General Research Fund (GRF) proposals and funded projects. In two consecutive years under two different chief editors (2013 and 2014), he received the best associate editor awards of the IEEE SMC Society (USA). Over the past two decades, he served as an officer/exco member/secretary/treasurer of professional societies such as Production and Operations Management Society (HK), IEEE SMC Society (HK), and IEEE TEM Society (HK). Since 2020, he has been consistently ranked by p-ranking as a top 20 most productive researcher (in business and economics) in all related journal ranking lists in the world (including CABS). He is also listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate (Web of Science) and a Top 2% scientist by Stanford University. Most recently, in February 2023, he received the JOM Ambassador Paper Award 2023 for his Journal of Operations Management paper on "green supply chain with quick response technology" published in 2020. Before joining ULMS, he taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and National Taiwan University (NTU), altogether for over two decades. In particular, he was honoured as a Yushan Fellow Professor at NTU, a President's Award Winning Professor at PolyU, and a distinguished alumnus of CUHK's Faculty of Engineering.