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Manufacturing Systems : Foundations of World-Class Practice

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Title: Manufacturing Systems : Foundations of World-Class Practice
Author: Committee on Foundations of Manufacturing
ISBN: 0309045886 / 9780309045889
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 288
Publisher: National Academy Press
Year: 1992
Availability: Out of Stock
     
 
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Some 70 percent of U.S. manufacturing output currently faces direct foreign competition. While American firms understand the individual components of their manufacturing processes, they must begin to work with manufacturing systems to develop world-class capabilities. This new book identifies principles - termed foundations - that have proved effective in improving manufacturing systems. Authored by an expert panel, including manufacturing executives, the book provides recommendations for manufacturers, leading to specific action in three areas: Management philosophy and practice; Methods used to measure and predict the performance of systems; and Organizational learning and improving system performance through technology. The volume includes in-depth studies of several key issues in manufacturing, including employee involvement and empowerment, using learning curves to improve quality, measuring performance against that of the competition, focusing on customer satisfaction, and factory modernization. It includes a unique paper on jazz music as a metaphor for participative manufacturing management. Executives, managers, engineers, researchers, faculty, and students will find this book an essential tool for guiding this nation's businesses toward developing more competitive manufacturing systems.

Foreword
Preface

Part I : Report of the Committee on Foundations of Manufacturing
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. : Introduction
Chapter 2. : Overview
Chapter 3. : Management Practice
Chapter 4. : Measuring, Describing, and Predicting System Performance
Chapter 5. : Organizational Learning and Improving System Performance
Chapter 6. : Educational and Technological Challenges

Part II : Globally Competitive Manufacturing Practices
Chapter 7. : Involvement and Empowerment: The Modern Paradigm for Management Success
Chapter 8. : Implementation Projects: Decisions and Expenditures
Chapter 9. : Benchmarking
Chapter 10. : Improving Quality Through the Concept of Learning Curves
Chapter 11. : Organizing Manufacturing Enterprises for Customer Satisfaction
Chapter 12. : Customer Satisfaction
Chapter 13. : The Interface Between Manufacturing Executives and Wall Street Visitors-Why Security Analysts Ask Some of the Questions That They Do
Chapter 14. : Taylorism and Professional Education
Chapter 15. : The Integrated Enterprise
Chapter 16. : Time as a Primary System Metric
Chapter 17. : Communication Barriers to Effective Manufacturing
Chapter 18. : Are There “Laws” of Manufacturing?
Chapter 19. : Taking Risks in Manufacturing?
Chapter 20. : Constant Change, Constant Challenge
Chapter 21. : Manufacturing Capacity Management Through Modeling and Simulation
Chapter 22. : The Power of Simple Models in Manufacturing
Chapter 23. : Improving Manufacturing Competitiveness Through Strategic Analysis
Chapter 24. : Going to the Gemba
Chapter 25. : Jazz: A Metaphor for High-Performance Teams

Consolidated Bibliography
Committee Membership
Biographies of Contributing Authors
Index

 
 
 
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