H&M Supply Chain Management

TENTH EDITION

Operations Management
PROCESSES AND SUPPLY CHAINS
GLOBAL EDITION

LEE J. KRAJEWSKI
Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University and the University of Notre Dame

LARRY P. RITZMAN
Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University and Boston College

MANOJ K. MALHOTRA
University of South Carolina

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