Issues and Trends in Operations

• Global markets, global sourcing, and global operations
• Virtual companies
• Greater choice, more individualism
• Emphasis on service
• Speed and flexibility
• Supply chains
• Collaborative commerce
• Technological advances
• Knowledge
• Environmental and social responsibilities

Source: Roberta S. Russell & Bernard W. Taylor III, (2003). Operations Management, 4^th ed., Prentice-Hall. Pages 51-53.

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