Process Planning covers the selection of processes, equipment, tooling and the sequencing of operations required to transform a chosen raw material into a finished product. Initial chapters review materials and processes for manufacturing and are followed by chapters detailing the core...

What really matters in operations management?''What really matters in operations management'' provided the theme for the 8thInternational Conference of the European Operations Management Association.We welcomed over 220 delegates from 26 countries to Bath for the opening of theconference.

Intro -- Contents -- Abstracts & keywords -- Guest editorial -- Inside modular production networks: ''soft operational issues'' in building factory competitiveness -- Competitive strategies and core competencies: perspectives for the internationalisation of industry in Brazil -- Flexibility...