Operations management has been recognized as an academic discipline in business education programmes since 1980. Despite the initial struggle in differentiating itself form operations research, management sciens and industrial engineering, it has emerged as an exciting discipline in business schools worldwide with significant changes in terms of scope and techniques used in the last few decades. Starting forom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Just In Time (JIT) and agile manufacturing, the field of operations management has continued to evolve in line with the extensive global competition and dynamic environment. The ever-shrinking product life cycles, new demands on the labour market, sustainability concerns and digitization of processes require innovative approaches, paradigms and methodologies to operation management. The dynamismof operations of operations management field has led to the emergence of trends and developments which must be considered by any business that wishes to position itself strategically. This books intends to discuss current and emerging topics in this topic.

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