QUICK RESPONSE MANUFACTURING is a truly tested way of implementing and achieving a powerful competitive strategy based on speed. Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition (TBC) strategies that use speed for a competitive advantage. QRM stems from a single principle: to reduce lead times. What sets QRM apart from other time-based programs? Quick Response Manufacturing is an approach for the entire organization - from the shop floor to the front office, from purchasing to sales. In order to truly succeed with speed-based competition, you must adopt the approach throughout the organization.
Publisher's Message
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I : A New Way of Thinking Stems from One Principle
Chapter 1 : QRM : Not Just Another Buzzword
Chapter 2 : Benefits of QRM
Chapter 3 : The Response Time Spiral - Legacy of the Scale and Cost Management Strategies
Part II : Rethinking Production and Materials Management
Chapter 4 : Reorganizing Production
Chapter 5 : Structured Methodology for Implementing Cellular Manufacturing,
Chapter 6 : Creative Rethinking for Cellular Manufacturing
Chapter 7 : Capacity and Lot-Sizing Decisions
Chapter 8 : Material and Production Planning in the QRM Enterprise
Chapter 9 : POLCA -- The New Material Control and Replenishment System for QRM
Chapter 10 : Customer and Supplier Relations
Part III : Rethinking Office Operations
Chapter 11 : Principles of Quick Response for Office Operations
Chapter 12 : Tools to Support Q-ROC Implementation
Chapter 13 : System Dynamics Principles for Quick Response
Part IV : QRM for Rapid New Product Introduction
Chapter 14 : Extending Quick Response to New Product Introduction
Part V : Creating the QRM Enterprise
Chapter 15 : Management Mind-Set to Support QRM
Chapter 16 : Organizational Structure, Performance Measurement, and Cost Systems
Chapter 17 : Steps to Successful Implementation of a QRM Program
Appendix
Endnotes
About the Author
Index