Capacity management is the most important and most neglected component of organizational management. A significant majority of the cost of an organization consists of what it pays for its capacity. This capacity consists of people, machines, materials, operations, and technology.
Book Details:
- Author: Reginald Tomas Yu-Lee
- ISBN: 9780470339633
- Year Published: 2002
- Pages: 256
- BISAC: BUS001040, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Accounting / Managerial
About the Book and Topic:
Capacity management is the most important and most neglected component of organizational management. A significant majority of the cost of an organization consists of what it pays for its capacity. This capacity consists of people, machines, materials, operations, and technology.
Capacity management has been a buzz word among IT and industrial engineering professionals for several years. This concept has now moved into the financial arena. This book will help these financial executives determine how they can best streamline their internal processes so that they are performing at peak capacity. Capacity management in the traditional sense, was fairly small. It looked at how one managed capacity on a plant floor. In this “Essentials” guide the author defines capacity to mean all of an organization’s resources. This includes space (building and office), people, equipment and technology, and materials. By redefining capacity this way, it now takes on a whole new perspective. It becomes the majority of the costs that an organization incurs.
Written in a user-friendly style with many real-world examples and best practices. * Shows the cost and operational benefits of capacity based management. * Provides an understanding of the financial and operational importance of predicting and responding to demand. * Shows how to combine various types of capacity to perform value added meaningful work. * Shows how to ensure long-term value through the effective management of capacity.
About the Author
REGINALD TOMAS YU-LEE is Director of Supply Management at Sapient Corporation. Prior to this position, he was a senior manager at Ernst & Young. He has also worked as a senior consultant for Oracle Corporation, as president and COO of Business Dynamics and Research, as an assistant professor at Sinclair College, as a CIM development representative for IBM, and as a co-op engineer for Inland Division General Motors.