... operations on the basis of technology, systems design, or operational processes. Jones′ classification[ 5 ] is fairly typical, dividing food‐service systems into the following three types before classifying them further: The traditional operations management approach views every operation as a series...

... and scientific techniques can be used to optimize aspects of the solution. systems theory; systemic; systematic; systems analysis; systems design; systems engineering; systems approach. no agreement about the precise objectives of the system; qualitative rather than quantitative...