Operations Management

Operations management (OM) is the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs.
Heizer, J., & Render, B. (2011). Operations management. Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice-Hall.  

business enterprise, business planning, combinatorial analysis, combinatorial optimization, competition, cost effectiveness, decision making, industrial efficiency, industrial engineering, industrial management, inventory control, management, management science, manufacturing processes, mathematical optimization, methodology, operational efficiency, operations management, operations research, production management (manufacturing), production scheduling, project management, risk management, simulation methods & models, statistical analysis, strategic planning, supply chain, supply chain management

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