Service Operations Management

John McManus is a strategist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher, and throughout his academic career and writings, he has brought strategy concepts to bear on many of the most demanding problems facing emerging economies, including global and national competition and firm strategy. Dr McManus research is widely cited and his papers have received international recognition and awards. Mats Winroth is a Professor of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He has an industrial background in product development and industrial engineering. Jannis Angelis is a Docent in Operations Strategy in the Department of Industrial Economics and Management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has a background in venture capital, management consultancy and working for the United Nations. He has received four teaching and eight international research awards.

Preface
1. Introducing Service Management and Strategic Development
2. Linking Service Management and Strategic Development
3. Linking Service Management, Strategic Implementation, Assessment and Review
4. Designing Service and Operational Processes
5. Contemporary Service and Operational Processes
6. Capacity, Demand Planning, Forecasting and Yield Management
7. Supply Chains, Logistics and Inventory Management
8. Service Operations and Quality Management
9. Procurement within Operations and Service Management
10. Decision Support Systems (DSS): Their Application and Use in Services
11. Continual Service Improvement and Knowledge Transfer
Epilogue.