For undergraduate Operations Management courses. This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States A broad practical introduction to operations reinforced with an extensive collection of practice problems. Principles of Operations Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a realistic and practical manner while offering the largest and most diverse collection of problems on the market. For a more comprehensive version with the business analytic modules at the end of the text see Heizer/Render's Operations Management 11e.