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Operations and Supply Chain Management, Ch. 4: Project Management

Consider the following as you read:

· How do companies go about designing products and services?

· What are some of the issues with product and services design?

· What are some of the differences in designing products for manufacturing and services?

Operations and Supply Chain Management, Ch. 25: Operations Consulting

Consider the following as you read:

· What is operations consulting and how can it help firms to become more efficient?

· What are some of the tools used by operations consultants?

· How can one execute the tools of operations consulting to improve business processes?