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Operations Strategy
"Sets the standard for excellence in the field and distinguishes itself as a truly vital and comprehensive book within its domain.The book is enriched by numerous real-world and up-to-date examples, along with insightful case studies, ensuring that the readers gain a holistic understanding of the subject." Dr Arijit Bhattacharya, Associate Professor in Operations & Supply Chain Management, Norwich Business School, UEA The go-to resource on operations strategy, exploring key activities, processes and decisions adopted by a wide range of businesses Operations Strategy, 7th edition encourages a thorough understanding of the topic, building on concepts from strategic and operations management to marketing and HR management. The way an organisation manages their operations strategically can have a huge impact on its prospects – whether large or small, service or manufacturing, for-profit or not-for-profit, international or local.Operations strategy is fundamental to the success of any organisation and a major source of competitive advantage. The text encourages you to explore the key strategic decisions adopted by a wide range of organisations in different sectors, and is ideal for MBA students, upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates and executives. "Slack and Lewis have approached the ethical, societal, and environmental issues affecting business operations strategy in a post-pandemic world, with a blend of new chapters and contemporary case studies based on both external and internal contexts – an essential item for any serious Operations Strategy resource list." Jamie Rundle, Senior Lecturer in Management, Nottingham Business School, UK New to this edition: More on responsible and sustainable operations brings the book up to date with recent developments, showing how operations impact social, ethical, and environmental issues. Increased emphasis on risk in operations strategy and the importance of external and internal context. Updated with several new examples throughout – now including an even wider range of different types of organisation. Four new case studies (bringing the total to 18) explore real-life practical applications to use in class or individually to ground theoretical concepts: House Partnerships at Concept Design Services, IKEA Looks to the Future, Kaston-Trenton Services, and computer game development at Widescale Studio. "To me, the textbook of Slack and Lewis is the best in the field of Operations Strategy." Jan de Vries, Professor of Operations Management, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Events Feasibility and Development : From Strategy to Operations
Events Feasibility and Development: From Strategy to Operations 2nd Edition outlines the best practice in event development and the global events sector.Tools and techniques from the first edition have been refined and expanded through their use in over 20 countries, including the USA, France, UAE, Malaysia and South Africa.These include strategy development and implementation, asset management, portfolio management, return on investment, management process mapping and the feasibility study.Fascinating current examples illustrate these professional management techniques.The second edition elaborates on the events sector maturity model as a measurement tool for cities, regions and countries.This has been tried and successfully tested in developing economies and assisted in the rapid development and sustainability of events in Dubai and many other destinations.Each chapter contains exhibits, questions, bullet points and clear explanations of the tools and techniques.Brand new material includes: A full explanation of the maturity model including post-pandemic solutions New case studies and exhibits A new section on teaching and training in event managementThe chapters are fully supported by further current case studies and examples on the publisher’s and the author’s website.Online material also includes 11 lesson plans for a semester course, containing assessment items, learning objectives and teaching tips for each topic, and event photos and author videos explaining the topics.This will be essential reading for all students of Event Management.
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Strategy Savvy : Balanced Strategy Development Approach Using Insights, Culture, Operations, and Digitization
With the COVID-19 pandemic, many business leaders question the need for strategy and the value of strategic planning and management in today’s environment.This book will demonstrate that our approach to strategy development and implementation needs to change to be able to help organizations change.The proposed new approach in this book can provide insights and perspectives to keep strategy relevant by "Putting Strategy in Action" through developing a "Making the Future Happen Today" way of thinking and living. Many strategy books focus on the perspective of large multinational corporations that have the capacity and capabilities to develop and implement a strategy using very structured methodologies and tools.This book will add a new dimension by focusing on the use of Strategy-as-Practice (SaP), intuition, and serendipity as important complements that can be used by large corporations as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs to develop and implement winning strategies.This is an important dimension to support the strategic decision-making process that is frequently undermined in traditional strategic planning and management-focused books. The author theorizes that developing into a Strategy Savvy professional is about embracing two of the most important concepts in strategy development—Proactivity and Sustainability.This book addresses the opportunities and threats presented by VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) and how we can capitalize on those opportunities to create unprecedented growth opportunities in Society 5.0 that is shaping new economies, such as the Digital Economy, the Experience Economy, the Sharing Economy, the GIG Economy, the Purpose Economy and the Circular Economy.The author also proposes a new approach to strategy development and implementation that mixes formal planning with practice and intuition that is helped by serendipity.He presents a strategy that is driven by four propellers—insights, culture, operations, and digitization—to ensure arrival at a better future.
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Light Jagdpanzer : Development - Production - Operations
This volume in the series presents the light tank destroyers of the Wehrmacht with accurate scale drawings and previously unpublished photographs.
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What are possible solutions for a Python calculator with multiple operations?
One possible solution for a Python calculator with multiple operations is to use a series of conditional statements to determine which operation to perform based on user input. Another solution is to use a dictionary to map user input to corresponding functions for each operation. Additionally, using object-oriented programming to create a Calculator class with methods for each operation can provide a structured and organized approach to handling multiple operations. Lastly, utilizing the eval() function can be a simple way to evaluate mathematical expressions entered by the user.
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What are set operations?
Set operations are mathematical operations that can be performed on sets, which are collections of distinct elements. The main set operations include union, intersection, difference, and complement. The union of two sets combines all the elements from both sets, the intersection of two sets includes only the elements that are common to both sets, the difference of two sets includes the elements that are in one set but not the other, and the complement of a set includes all the elements that are not in the original set. These operations are fundamental in set theory and are used in various areas of mathematics and computer science.
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How many arithmetic operations?
The number of arithmetic operations depends on the specific context or problem being considered. In general, arithmetic operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The number of operations can vary based on the complexity of the problem and the specific calculations required. It is important to carefully analyze the problem to determine the exact number of arithmetic operations needed to solve it.
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Are there such operations?
Yes, there are many different types of operations in various fields. In mathematics, operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In computer science, operations can refer to actions performed by a computer program. In business, operations can refer to the day-to-day activities of a company. Overall, operations are a fundamental aspect of many different disciplines and industries.
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Operations Anti-Patterns, DevOps Solutions
Operations Anti-Patterns, DevOps Solutions shows how to implement DevOps techniques in the kind of imperfect environments most developers work in.Part technology tutorial, part reference manual, and part psychology handbook, this practical guide shows you realistic ways to bring DevOps to your team when you don’t have the flexibility to make sweeping changes in organizational structure. Focused on process improvements you can make from the bottom up, everything in Operations Anti-Patterns, DevOps Solutions is actionable for your team—from constructing a streamlined workflow system to developing dashboards and operational metrics to measure the right aspects of performance.To better understand the behavior of both individuals and organizations, you’ll also learn the psychological reasoning behind why DevOps techniques are effective. Key Features · Creating a post-mortem framework to analyze projects and incidents · Monitoring and managing team time · Building cultural touchstones that assist with team building · Automating change management · Techniques for adopting automation to power your workflows For team leaders and managers. About the technology By emphasising shared responsibility for delivering software, DevOps transforms the way technology departments work.Looking beyond tool choice and design philosophy, DevOps demands a change in an organization’s attitude and approach. Jeff Smith has been in the technology industry for over 15 years, both as management and individual contributor.He has managed DevOps transformations at Centro, an ad-tech firm, and Grubhub, an online ordering platform.
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Optimization in Operations Research : Pearson New International Edition
For first courses in operations research, operations management. Covers a broad range of optimization techniques, including linear programming, network flows, integer/combinational optimization, and nonlinear programming.Emphasizes the importance of modeling and problem formulation, this text teaches students how to apply algorithms to real-world problems to arrive at optimal solutions.Visit the author-maintained web site athttp://comp.uark.edu/~rrardin/oorbook
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Operations Research Problems : Statements and Solutions
This book, now in its second edition, provides a valuable compendium of problems as a reference for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and practitioners of operations research and management science.These problems can serve as a basis for the development or study of assignments and exams.Also, they can be useful as a guide for the first stage of the model formulation, i.e. the definition of a problem. The book is divided into 11 chapters that address the following topics: linear programming, integer programming, nonlinear programming, network modeling, inventory theory, queue theory, tree decision, game theory, dynamic programming and Markov processes.Included are a considerable number of statements of operations research applications for management decision-making.The book provides concise solutions to these problems although all problems are examined in depth.All the problems are based on the research experience of the authors in real-world companies and the teaching experience of the authors.This second edition of the book has many new problems and solutions influenced by today's evolving industrial engineering, management and decision-making practices.The book includes many new problems specifically designed to address today's business challenges.The new edition offers readers the opportunity to tackle and analyse new problems inspired by real-life scenarios.
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Service Management: Operations Strategy Information Technology ISE
Bordoloi's Service Management 10e contains extensive coverage of the impacts of COVID-19 including the service innovation and progress experienced by a global pandemic.Written in an engaging literary style, based on research and consulting experience of authors, it focuses on service for competitive advantage and integrates technology, operations, and human behavior and the need for continuous quality improvement to be effective in a global environment.This edition continues to acknowledge and emphasize the essential uniqueness of service management. The book is written in an engaging literary style, makes extensive use of examples, and is based on the research and consulting experience of the authors.The theme of managing services for competitive advantage is emphasized in each chapter and provides a focus for each management topic.The integration of technology, operations, and human behavior is recognized as central to effective service management.Emphasis is placed on the need for continuous improvement in quality and productivity in order to compete effectively in a global environment. Each chapter begins with a vignette of a well-known company to motivate the reader and illustrate the strategic nature of the topic to be covered.Each chapter has a preview, a closing summary, key terms and definitions, a service benchmark, topics for discussion, an interactive exercise, solved problems and exercises when appropriate, and one or more cases.
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When will flight operations resume?
Flight operations are expected to resume once the weather conditions improve and it is safe for planes to take off and land. Airlines will closely monitor the situation and make decisions based on the latest information from meteorological authorities. Passengers are advised to stay updated with their airline for any announcements regarding the resumption of flight operations.
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What are multi-layered operations?
Multi-layered operations refer to complex processes that involve multiple steps or levels of activity. These operations often require coordination and integration of various components or stages to achieve a specific outcome. Multi-layered operations can be found in various fields such as manufacturing, logistics, and information technology, and they often involve the use of advanced technology and systems to manage and optimize the different layers of activity. These operations are often characterized by their complexity and the need for careful planning and execution to ensure success.
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What are logical mathematical operations?
Logical mathematical operations are the fundamental operations used to manipulate and compare logical values, typically represented as true or false. These operations include AND, OR, and NOT, which allow for the combination and negation of logical values. AND returns true only if both operands are true, OR returns true if at least one operand is true, and NOT returns the opposite of the operand's value. These operations are essential in computer programming, boolean algebra, and decision-making processes.
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What are the long wooden poles used in police or special operations unit (SEK) operations?
The long wooden poles used in police or special operations unit (SEK) operations are typically called riot batons or baton rounds. These batons are used by law enforcement officers to control crowds, disperse protesters, or for self-defense in high-risk situations. They are designed to provide a non-lethal means of maintaining order and ensuring public safety during tense or volatile situations.
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