ABSTRACT

This book provides an in-depth analysis of industrial consultancy on a variety of issues and aspects including operations and services. This book:

  • Looks at both individual-level consultancy and consultancy for firms, companies, or institutions.
  • Uses observations, examples, and case studies to bring together key themes: consulting approach; production operations vs. services consulting; location and facilities criteria; human–machine interaction; lead time objective; outsourcing decisions and management; and infrastructure influence along with consultancy objectives, strategic considerations, and conflict resolution.
  • Presents a comprehensive understanding of industrial consultancy and services offered to a wide range of industries, across type, size, and scale, including manufacturing, pharmaceutical, fabrication, and transformer industries.

The first of its kind, this book will be a useful resource for industry and management professionals as well as scholars and researchers of business management, business economics, operations, entrepreneurship and organizational behaviour, and engineering.

chapter 1|27 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|39 pages

Location and Facilities Criteria

chapter 3|30 pages

Productivity Consideration

chapter 4|30 pages

Lead Time Objective

chapter 5|36 pages

Outsourcing Consideration

chapter 6|23 pages

Consultancy Vision