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. |Industrial Consultancy Operational Focus | Asian Studies