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Instructors Manual to Operations Management
© Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers & Robert Johnston 2007
Instructor's Manual
Operations Management
Fifth edition
Nigel Slack Stuart ChambersRobert Johnston
For further instructor materialplease visit: www.pearsoned.co.uk/slack ISBN-13: 978-0-273-70850-6 / ISBN-10: 0-273-70850-3

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Contents
Chapters Pages1. Operations management 52. The strategic role and objectives of operations 163.

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