Operations Management: Speak the Language, Learn the Tools, and Watch Profits Soar!

by Peter Oliver

Operations Management is a skillset of management focused on business process flows. It is a set of tools with which you can understand and quantify the process from raw material to finished good or service. The main goals of operations management are making sure business operations are efficient and effective. These are terms you’ll read about later in this book and are central to making sure costs are as low as they can be, profits are as high as they can go, and the business still maintains or improves the quality of its product and the loyalty of its customers.



In this guide you will learn





OPERATIONS STRATEGY

MEASURING PROCESS FLOW

FLOW-TIME ANALYSIS

FLOW-RATE AND CAPACITY

INVENTORY ANALYSIS

SAFETY INVENTORY AND CAPACITY

LEAN OPERATIONS





And much more!



This Series covers the following topics commonly taught in MBA



ACCOUNTING 101

HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES

THE ART OF NEGOTIATION

HOW TO INCORPORATE YOUR BUSINESS

CONSULTING FRAMEWORKS

53 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 12, 2016

Reviews

[Matthew Mechtly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relative to many of Oliver's other concise reads, I was unimpressed by the lack of depth of this work.