Reissue of 3rd ed. previously published: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill/Irwin/Irwin, 2008

Contents:
The lessons of history. Manufacturing in America
Inventory control : from EOQ to ROP
The MRP crusade
From the JIT revolution to lean manufacturing
What went wrong
Factory physics. A science of manufacturing
Basic factory dynamics
Variability basics
The corrupting influence of variability
Push and pull production systems
The human element in operations management
Total quality manufacturing
Principles in practice. A pull planning framework
Shop floor control
Production scheduling
Aggregate and workforce planning
Supply chain management
Capacity management
Synthesis : pulling it all together