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This 6 page paper is a book review on Stephen Chapman's book "The Fundamentals of Production Planning and Control", looking at the approach and contents of the book summarizing the main contents of the book and assessing his usefulness to operations management managers and students. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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is also perceived by many business commentators as relatively boring when compared to the more exciting areas of strategic management in a competitive environment. However, internal operations are extraordinarily important
in the determination of the success of the company. In order to compete in the external market the company has to know and understand the way in which it operates,
without this understanding proactive management in the underlying operations which determine the way that the company meet the demands of its customers in the supply of its products and services
will not be effective. The operations manager can have a wide variety of roles and what is expected of him will vary
between companies. Within this vast array of potential approaches to operations management and divergent views of what it can or should involve Stephen N. Chapmans book "The Fundamentals of Production
Planning and Control" can be seen as an interesting book that helps the student of operations management, as well as those practicing with in the industries understand not only what
they are doing and why, but appreciate the different influences which may be invisible. The book states that it focuses on the part
of operations which are needed, without distracting the reader with unimportant or relevant details. The focus of the book is on the fundamental principles of operations management and the way
that this can be developed and applied. The book approaches the subject starting with simpler and more fundamental ideas which can be built on the foundation. This means that the
book is ideal that students studying operations management and as the knowledge grows in confidence grows the concepts of detail which are given in the further sections increases to add
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