MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management
MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management
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ISBN: 9780134165325
Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: The reasons for which one should study operations management.

Introduction: Operations management is a process that concerns the conversion of labor and materials into products and services in an effective manner in order to generate or maximize the profit of the company.

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Reasons for which one should study operations management:

Studying operations management helps a person to have knowledge about operational-related activities which are producing goods and providing services. Some importance of the studies are as follows:

  • Operations management will provide knowledge about the ways to organize an enterprise for production activities.
  • Operations management helps to know the methods or the ways the goods and services produced.
  • Studying operations management helps a person to know about the roles and responsibilities of an operations manager.
  • As it is an expensive function and the organization earns most of their income from the operations, it is necessary to study the operations and its processes.

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