00976 2200145 4500245007300000020002200073700001900095650005500114005001900169260003800188041001200226084001000238300002800248500055400276 aOperations Nowb : Supply Chain Profitability and PerformancehText a978-0-07-312449-0 aFinch, Byron J aOperations Now: Supply Chain Profitability and Per a20210403124119 aNew YorkbMcGraw-Hill Irwinc2008 aEnglish a658.5 axli, 769 hlm, :c28 cm. aColleague of mine once made what I found to be a most pertinent observation about our discipline. He noted that operations is arguably the function most critical to the success of any organization, yet it is almost always the least visible function within it. A major goal of the Third Edition of Operations Now is to raise the visibility of operations and supply chain management so that their importance to the overall enterprise is understood and acknowledged by all business students-not just students of operations and supply chain management.