Manufacturing + operations¶
Five ranked references. Rank 1 is the default spine, not a requirement to read all five.
1 | Factory Physics¶
Wallace J. Hopp, Mark L. Spearman | Operations / flow spine | Upper undergraduate / graduate
Essential laws of manufacturing systems: variability, buffers, cycle time, WIP, capacity, push/pull, and flow.
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2 | Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems¶
Mikell P. Groover | Manufacturing spine | Undergraduate
Broad manufacturing processes, materials, production systems, quality, automation, and economics.
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3 | Manufacturing Engineering and Technology¶
Serope Kalpakjian, Steven R. Schmid | Process depth | Undergraduate
Comprehensive process reference from casting/forming/machining to polymers, additive processes, surfaces, quality, and automation.
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4 | Operations Management¶
Nigel Slack, Alistair Brandon-Jones, Nicola Burgess | Operations-management spine | Undergraduate / MBA
Strong framework for capacity, process design, supply networks, quality, inventory, planning, improvement, and operations strategy.
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5 | Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management¶
Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson | Applied operations | Undergraduate
Large applied toolkit for forecasting, capacity, location, inventory, scheduling, quality, supply chain, and project management.
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