Operations Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
Operations Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9780078024108
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To define:  The term operations management and supply chain management.

Operations management:It deals with the business administration process that forms the highest level of efficiency within a company. Operations management is related to the conversion of labor and materials into products and services in an effective manner in order to generate or maximize profit in a company.

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Supply chain management:

Supply chain management is overseeing and handling the process of moving the raw materials from supplier to manufacturer and moving the finished good from manufacturer to wholesaler or directly to the customers. If the manufacturer moves the good to wholesaler, then the wholesaler will move the good to the consumer through retailer.

Operations management:

Operations management is defined as managing with concern with designing and redesigning the operation in the production of goods and services. It has the control over the business operations which convert the resource to goods and services. It can be used to handle the process from raw materials to finished goods.

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