Strategic Operations Management
Steve Brown, John Bessant, Richard Lamming
Textbook treating operations as a source of competitive advantage rather than a cost center, covering supply relationships, process technology, capacity, quality and innovation. Readers learn to connect operational choices to strategy and evaluate them using case studies from manufacturing and services.
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