New Book “Operations Science Applied” recently published, featuring Todd Zabelle and James Choo

1 April 2026

A great new read from Mark Spearman, Jeff Bell and Ed Pound!

A lot of people are talking about how to optimize or improve operations / production with much of it lacking a scientific framework. Whether you know it or even agree with it, Operations Science is the foundation upon which any and all production systems are designed and optimized.

As Mark proposes, decisions made without a fundamental understanding of Operations Science can be career limiting! This book offers real world case examples along with the concepts and analytics that show practicing professionals and advanced students how to mitigate the corrupting influence of variability and succeed.  Pick up a copy today!

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