Encompassing everything from Project Management, Product Design, Linear Programming, and Quality Control, to Decision Theory, Supply Chain Management, Forecasting, and Inventory Management, most departments offer a common core of topics from the list above, and then add whichever topics best suit their program.

The new Canadian edition of Foundations of Operations Management addresses a growing demand for a briefer book in operations management. At just over 500 pages, it strikes the perfect balance by covering the essential topics and provides the pedagogical structure beginning students need.