Operations and Supply Chain Management, Global ed13th revised ed--------------------------------------------------Operations and Supply Management, as the title indicates, providesincreased emphasis on supply chain management in the 13th Edition.The 13th Edition continues its market leading up-to-date coverage ofservice operations as well. The text includes solved examples and problems,enough cases for MBA courses to use without supplementing, and theindustry leading technology support suite.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: F. Robert Jacobs is currently department chairmanat Indiana University. He has a PH.D from Ohio State and is past VicePresident of the Decision Sciences Institute, Information TechnologyCoordinator for Decision Sciences Institute for 1997, as well as AssociateEditor on the board of the Journal of Operations Management. RichardB. Chase is Director of the Center for Operations Management Researchand Education at USC. He is widely published in both books and academicjournals and is considered one of the top service gurus in the field.He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of OperationsManagement, an Advisor to Production and Operations Management journal,and a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute. Nicholas Aquilanois retired from the University of Arizona but is providing a criticaleye to the revision. A UCLA grad and Buffa student.