Manufacturing Operations Strategy: Texts and Cases

by Alex Hill, Terry Hill

In many industrial companies, strategic developments are predominantly based on corporate marketing decisions with manufacturing being forced to react to these at the back end of process. In Manufacturing Operations Strategy , Hill demonstrates how decisions over manufacturing should form part of the strategic direction of the company as a whole. Written by the leading international figure in the field of manufacturing strategy and thoroughly updated with new case studies and material on the latest thinking in the field, this text provides a wide-ranging, comprehensive study invaluable to students and practitioners alike.

Paperback

First published February 17, 2009

Reviews

[Bob Gao · Rating 3 out of 5]

could be a good text book for university student.

Key takeaways is operation also need a strategy and principles was introduced here.

Operation strategy should support the market demand, western can not success to simply launch a Toyota system without linking it to its real strategy demand.