TY - BOOK AU - Mike G. PY - 2017 CY - München, Germany PB - GRIN Verlag SN - 9783668489820 TI - Productions and Service Operations Management T2 - A Compact Overview UR - https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/366707 N2 - To determine the optimal facility layout for any kind of company is a very tough task the operations manager (or founder him-/herself) has to tackle. However such tasks base on the same assumptions and functioning, a whole academic discipline arose since its importance was recognized in the late 1980s. Questions like the optimal decision making process, capacity considerations, scale effects or the best facility location between other production centers and the distributions centers within (bigger) cities are covered in this text. Especially for those who are interested in founding their own business, this text can be very helpful and interesting. It isn't only about the layout for steel companies, even modern service providers have to follow an optimal layout, called job shop, which can be optimized in the most cases. Many examples, images & figures as well as step-by-step calculations are performed to enable even “math strangers” to follow and align them to their own individual situation. KW - Operations, Service Provision, Layout, Layout Planning, Capacity, Strategic Management, Tactical Management, Operational Management, Operations Management, Inventory Planning, Facility Location Planning, Decision Making Process, Decision Tree LA - English ER -