Managing Business Process Flows - Kellogg School of Management

Managing Business Process Flows

Third Edition

Managing Business Process Flows

PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Ravi Anupindi University of Michigan

Sunil Chopra Northwestern University Sudhakar D. Deshmukh Northwestern University Jan A. Van Mieghem Northwestern University

Eitan Zemel New York University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Managing business process flows : principles of operations management / Ravi Anupindi . . . [et al.].--3rd ed. p. cm.

Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-603637-1 ISBN-10: 0-13-603637-6 1. Production management. 2. Process control. I. Anupindi, Ravi.

TS155.M33217 2012 658.5--dc23

2011023366

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

ISBN 10: 0-13-603637-6 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-603637-1

BRIEF CONTENTS

Preface xv

PART I

Process Management and Strategy 1 Chapter 1 Products, Processes, and Performance 2 Chapter 2 Operations Strategy and Management 20

PART II Process Flow Metrics 45

Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6

Process Flow Measures 46 Flow-Time Analysis 80 Flow Rate and Capacity Analysis 102 Inventory Analysis 121

PART III Process Flow Variability 151

Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9

Managing Flow Variability: Safety Inventory 152 Managing Flow Variability: Safety Capacity 188 Managing Flow Variability: Process Control and Capability 229

PART IV Process Integration 271 Chapter 10 Lean Operations: Process Synchronization and Improvement 272

Appendix I MBPF Checklist 303 Appendix II Probability Background 306

Solutions to Selected Problems 311 Glossary 317 Index 324

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