{"product_id":"operations-rules-david-simchi-levi-9780262525152","title":"Operations Rules: Delivering Customer Value through Flexible Operations","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn expert offers a set of rules that will help managers achieve dramatic improvements in operations performance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eOperations Rules\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlexibility, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Simchi-Levi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262525151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262525152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.60d","brand":"David Simchi-Levi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992907153663,"sku":"9780262525152","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c704f410-dd05-446c-8892-4679bebc8b97.jpg?v=1683321468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operations-rules-david-simchi-levi-9780262525152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}