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R. Dan Reid is Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Ohio State University, and a B.A. in Business Management from the University of Maryland. During the past twenty years he has taught at The Ohio State University, Ohio University, Bowling Green State University, Otterbein College, and the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Reid has designed and taught courses for undergraduates, graduates, and executives on topics such as resource management, manufacturing management, introduction to operations management, purchasing management, and manufacturing planning and control systems.

Nada R. Sanders is Professor of Operations Management at the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from The Ohio State University, and M.B.A. from The Ohio State University, and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Franklin University. She has taught for over twenty years at a variety of academic institutions including The Ohio State University, Capital University, and Wright State University in addition to lecturing to various industry groups. She has designed and taught classes for undergraduates, graduates, and executives on topics such as operations management, operations strategy, forecasting, and supply chain management. She has received a number of teaching awards including the College of Business Outstanding Teacher Award.

Introduction to Operations Management.

Operations Strategy and Competitiveness.

Product Design and Process Selection.

Supply Chain Management.

Total Quality Management.

Statistical Quality Control.

Just-In-Time Systems.

Forecasting.

Capacity Planning and Facility Location.

Facility Layout.

Work System Design.

Independent Demand Inventory Management.

Aggregate Planning.

Master Scheduling and Rough-cut Capacity Planning.

Material Requirements Planning.

Scheduling.

Project Management.

Supplement A: Waiting Line Models.

Supplement B: Linear Programming.

Supplement C: Solving Transportation Problems.

Supplement D: Simulation Analysis.

Appendix A: Solutions to Selected Problems.

Appendix B: Standard Normal Distribution.

Appendix C: P-Chart.

Index.