Gain a clear understanding of the fundamental concepts and applications behind today's operations and supply chain management with the reader-friendly approach in Collier/Evans' popular OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, 3E. The authors present detailed, solved problems throughout this edition to illustrate key formulas and computations as you learn to complete both manual and digital calculations using Excel spreadsheet templates and other Excel models for optimization and simulation. New content examines process analysis and resource utilization, analytics in OM, capacity measurement, applications of linear optimization and other critical operations management (OM) and supply chain management (SCM) topics. In addition, new and proven review questions, experiential activities, problems and exercises as well as feature boxes teach you how to work with the latest OM and SCM concepts and tools.