Managing Complexity
Challenges for Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
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Beschreibung
This book presents papers by experts in the field of Industrial Engineering, covering topics in business strategy; modelling and simulation in operations research; logistics and production; service systems; innovation and knowledge; and project management. The focus of operations and production management has evolved from product and manufacturing to the capabilities of firms and collaborative management. Nowadays, Industrial Engineering is concerned with the study of how to design, modify, control and improve the performance of complex systems. It has extended its scope to any physical landscape populated by social agents. This raises a major challenge to Industrial Engineering: managing complexity. This volume shows how experts are dealing with this challenge.
This book presents papers by experts in the field of Industrial Engineering, covering topics in business strategy; modelling and simulation in operations research; logistics and production; service systems; innovation and knowledge; and project management. The focus of operations and production management has evolved from product and manufacturing to the capabilities of firms and collaborative management. Nowadays, Industrial Engineering is concerned with the study of how to design, modify, control and improve the performance of complex systems. It has extended its scope to any physical landscape populated by social agents. This raises a major challenge to Industrial Engineering: managing complexity. This volume shows how experts are dealing with this challenge.
Business opportunities: the latest advances in management and decision sciences Research challenges: the latest discoveries and findings to update and benchmark your research Best practices in real case studies: firms, research contracts, etc. Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Cesáreo Hernández
Themen in »Managing Complexity«
Business and Project Management Decision Sciences Engineering Management Operations Research Production Management complexity