{"product_id":"operations-rules-delivering-customer-value-through-flexible-operations-mit-press-0262525151","title":"Operations Rules: Delivering Customer Value through Flexible Operations (Mit Press)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0262525151\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simchi-Levi, David\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn expert offers a set of rules that will help managers achieve dramatic improvements in operations performance.In recent years, management gurus have urged businesses to adopt such strategies as just-in-time, lean manufacturing, offshoring, and frequent deliveries to retail outlets. But today, these much-touted strategies may be risky. Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and huge volatility in the price of oil and other commodities can disrupt a company's entire supply chain and threaten its ability to compete. In Operations Rules, David Simchi-Levi identifies the crucial element in a company's success: the link between the value it provides its customers and its operations strategies. And he offers a set of scientifically and empirically based rules that management can follow to achieve a quantum leap in operations performance.Flexibility, says Simchi-Levi, is the single most important capability that allows firms to innovate in their operations and supply chain strategies. A small investment in flexibility can achieve almost all the benefits of full flexibility. And successful companies do not all pursue the same strategies. Amazon and Wal-Mart, for example, are direct competitors but each focuses on a different market channel and provides a unique customer value proposition-Amazon, large selection and reliable fulfillment; Wal-Mart, low prices-that directly aligns with its operations strategy. Simchi-Levi's rules-regarding such issues as channels, price, product characteristics, value-added service, procurement strategy, and information technolog--transform operations and supply chain management from an undertaking based on gut feeling and anecdotes to a science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51707747434784,"sku":"NEW0262525151","price":28.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71ry4_Bv7IL.jpg?v=1779393571","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/operations-rules-delivering-customer-value-through-flexible-operations-mit-press-0262525151","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}