The strategic administration of production processes and personnel to maximize output, minimize errors and continually enhance product quality come under the general banner of "operations management." ...

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that is ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

Manufacturing organizations are confronted with clear choices: proactively transform operations or accept competitive decline ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. This article is more than 10 years old. Sales and Operations planning (S&OP), ...