Preface

Project management involves unique but temporary endeavours with a specific beginning and end. On the other hand, operations management involves ongoing activities of an organization that produce repetitive and long-term outputs such as supplying services or manufacturing products. Defining what is operations management for a particular field is essential as it is vital in every field. Operations management aims to ensure that the day-to-day operations are smooth, cost-effective, and well-timed while maintaining critical quality standards.

The purpose of this Study Material is to present an introduction to the OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT subject of MBA. This book contains the syllabus from basics of the subjects going into the intricacies of the subjects. All the concepts have been explained with relevant examples and diagrams to make it interesting for the readers.

An attempt is made here by the authors to assist the students by way of providing Study Material as per the curriculum with non-commercial considerations. However, it is implicit that these are exam-oriented Study Material and students are advised to attend regular lectures in the Institute and utilize reference books available in the library for In-depth knowledge.

We owe to many websites and their free contents; we would like to specially acknowledge contents of website www.wikipedia.com and various authors whose writings formed the basis for this book. We acknowledge our thanks to them.

At the end we would like to say that there is always a room for improvement in whatever we do. We would appreciate any suggestions regarding this study material from the readers so that the contents can be made more interesting and meaningful. Readers can email their queries and doubts to our authors on tmcnagpur@gmail.com. We shall be glad to help you immediately. 

Authors:

Dr. Sunil V. Deshmukh & Dr. Tushar Taley