Strategic Decision Horizons in Manufacturing Operations

2. Chapter One Strategy and Competition

3. Fig. 1-1 Decision Horizons of Manufacturing Strategy

4. Fig. 1-2 The Elements of Production and Operations Strategy

5. Fig. 1-3 The Product Life-Cycle Curve

6. Fig. 1-4 The Process Life Cycle and the Experience Curve

7. Fig. 1-5 The Product-Process Matrix

8. Fig. 1-6 An 80 Percent Learning Curve

9. Fig. 1-7 Log-log plot of XYZ data

10. Fig. 1-8 Prices of Integrated Circuits During the Period 1964-1972

11. Fig. 1-9 “Kinked” Experience Curve due to Umbrella Pricing

12. Fig. 1-10 (For Problem 31)

13. Fig. 1-11 Break-Even Curves

14. Fig. 1-12 Capacity Planning Strategies

15. Fig. 1-13 Time Path of Excess or Deficient Capacity

16. Fig. 1-14 The Function u/(eu - 1)