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esources 7–8<br />

business continuity 596<br />

capabilities 65, 73–5<br />

characteristics 240<br />

constraints 73, 470, 483–4<br />

distance 227<br />

effective use 39<br />

grouping 240<br />

intangible 73, 667<br />

processes, failures 576<br />

profiles 483–4<br />

projects 461, 469–70<br />

see also transformed resources;<br />

transforming resources<br />

respect-for-humans system 434<br />

responses, flexibility and 48<br />

responsibilities of operations<br />

management 23–4<br />

responsive supply chains 391<br />

responsiveness to clients, projects 461<br />

restaurants 87, 185, 211, 448<br />

retail industry 140–1, 216–17, 397–8,<br />

401–4, 650<br />

see also supermarkets<br />

revenues 300<br />

reverse engineering 118, 667<br />

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)<br />

216–17, 219, 627<br />

richness, e-business 214<br />

risks<br />

of acceptance sampling 533, 534–5<br />

assessments<br />

business continuity 596<br />

ethical practice breaches 647<br />

failures 573–85<br />

deterioration 364<br />

ethical practice breaches 647–8<br />

global sourcing 383<br />

identification 596<br />

management 571–2<br />

corporate social responsibility as<br />

646–8<br />

meaning 573<br />

principles 574<br />

see also failures<br />

mitigation 573, 592–3<br />

obsolescence 349, 364<br />

operational failure 39<br />

reduction, speed and 43<br />

reputational 643, 645, 646<br />

sources 573<br />

supply chains 400, 668<br />

vulnerability of design option 120–1<br />

river and rocks analogy 432–3<br />

roadmap, SCOR 396<br />

Robert Wiseman Dairies 292<br />

robots 209–10, 211, 218, 667<br />

robustness 202, 243<br />

Rochem Ltd 230–1<br />

Rocket Chemical Company 119<br />

Roddick, Anita 646<br />

ROL (re-order levels) 358, 360, 667<br />

Rolls-Royce 407, 644<br />

ROP (re-order points) 357–8, 362, 667<br />

rostering 288, 667<br />

rotation, jobs 246, 663<br />

Rotterdam Educational Group (REG)<br />

192–3<br />

rough-cut capacity plans (RCCP) 428<br />

routine services 71<br />

Royal-Dutch Shell 583<br />

RRP (resource requirements plans) 428<br />

RSI (repetitive strain injury) 243, 644,<br />

667<br />

run-to-breakdown (RTB) maintenance<br />

588–9, 667<br />

Ryanair 61<br />

safety<br />

inventories see inventories: buffer<br />

layouts 179<br />

at work 251, 384<br />

salads 310–11<br />

sales<br />

e-business applications 214<br />

functions 4–6, 18<br />

Salisbury District Hospital 440<br />

sampling<br />

plans 533–5<br />

quality 507, 533–5<br />

sandcone theory 616–17<br />

sandwiches 97–9, 100–1, 286–8,<br />

411–13<br />

SAP 394, 407, 408, 410, 414–15, 417,<br />

667<br />

satisfaction, customers see customers<br />

Satyam Computer Services Ltd 414<br />

scale of capacity 156<br />

scale of process technology 222–3<br />

scatter diagrams 558–9<br />

SCC (Supply Chain Council) 394<br />

scenario planning 171<br />

schedule constraints 470–1<br />

scheduling 284–9, 667<br />

expert systems applications 216<br />

levelled 430, 444–6, 663<br />

schematic layouts 193<br />

scientific management 97, 243–4, 259,<br />

542, 551, 553, 667<br />

SCOR (Supply Chain Operations<br />

Reference) model 374, 394–6<br />

screening 117, 120–3, 660<br />

seasonality 302, 304, 310–11, 315, 317<br />

second-tier customers 140–1, 377, 667<br />

second-tier suppliers see suppliers<br />

secondary functions 128<br />

security, computers and Internet 577–8<br />

self-assessment 623<br />

sequencing 279–84, 324, 667<br />

sequential approach to design 131<br />

series relationships 470<br />

serpentine flows 438<br />

servers<br />

client–server networks 212<br />

queuing theory 324<br />

Service Adhesives 256–7<br />

service-level agreements (SLA) 509–10,<br />

548, 667<br />

service operations 94–5, 96, 550<br />

service prototypes 128–9<br />

service shops 94–5, 96, 180, 667<br />

services<br />

fail-safeing 587<br />

failure recovery 594<br />

flexibility 449<br />

lean synchronization 448–9<br />

legal 71<br />

merging 14–15<br />

operations producing 13–14<br />

providers 14<br />

substitution in place of products<br />

643–4<br />

varying types 317<br />

waste in 448<br />

see also products/services<br />

set-up times reduction 443, 667<br />

Seven-Eleven Japan 398<br />

shared success, partnership<br />

relationships 389<br />

shared vision, risk management 574<br />

shareholders’ performance objectives 38<br />

sharing, jobs 247, 250<br />

Shell 381, 394<br />

shop-within-a-shop 183–4, 665<br />

shops see retail industry; service shops;<br />

supermarkets<br />

short cycle time manufacturing see<br />

just-in-time<br />

short fat layout 200–2, 667<br />

short-term capacity management 169<br />

short-term capacity planning and<br />

control 299–300<br />

short-term planning and control 270–1<br />

short-term transactional relationship<br />

388<br />

short waiting tolerance 20<br />

shortest operation time (SOT)<br />

sequencing 282, 283<br />

Siemens 374, 394<br />

Silicon Valley 151<br />

simplicity 124–5<br />

simulation 107, 117, 667<br />

simultaneous development 131, 667<br />

simultaneous engineering 131, 667<br />

single-card kanbans 441–2<br />

single factor productivity 50<br />

single-loop learning 619<br />

single-minute exchange of dies<br />

(SMED) 443, 667<br />

single-sourcing 380, 667<br />

sites 151<br />

Six Sigma 542, 544, 545, 553–8, 565–8,<br />

667<br />

skills 13, 20, 57–8, 151, 249, 548<br />

Skinner, Wickham 54<br />

SKU (stock-keeping units) 355, 365<br />

Index 683

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