Manufacturing Management: Principles and Concepts

by Peter Gibson, Garry Greenhalgh, Peter Gibson

This book is intended to be used for a foundation course on modern principles of production and operations management. During the past 15 years there have been a number of fundamental changes in production management thinking and philosophy. The objective of this book is to present a coherent and integrated account of these new emerging principles.

336 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 1995

About the author

Peter Gibson first studied English Literature at University but now has three degrees in Philosophy, including a Ph.D from Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the founder of the website philosophyideas.com which catalogues philosophical ideas from across the centuries and he strongly believes that a wider knowledge of philosophy will improve the world.

Reviews

[Haytham Badawey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first book I read on manufacturing and operations management, that was in my senior years as a mechanical engineering student. It helped me extend my understanding and knowledge on the subject, and it actually increased my appetite for studying industrial engineering and since then I've been reading on the subject. I re-read the first half and completed reading the book in May 2013.

What I like about this book is that it's very precise and has valuable information, but to be honest it's too summarized, and covers intermediate to advanced topics while the title says "principles"! Also it doesn't have "cases" in a separate part, nor in the end of chapters, all it has is some brief examples, and that's even rare. I hope the next editions would be more extended and improved. But, considering there's no many books on this field, I consider this book quite helpful, and I do recommend it.