During the 1990s, an ambitious three-year research program identified the steps manufacturing companies must take to become globally competitive. The prestigious Next Generation Manufacturing (NGM) Project combined the insights and perspectives of business and academia's most astute thinkers. It featured the cumulative experience of over thirty top global manufacturing firms, the Agility Forum, the engineering and management schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology, as well as many other highly regarded organizations. The Project resulted in a vision for the future of manufacturing and a framework for action.
Next Generation Manufacturing is the first book to cover the NGM Project and its recommendations for creating and maintaining a successful manufacturing enterprise. It describes how manufacturing is continuing to evolve and the significant changes companies must make to remain competitive in the next decade.
Addressing the dilemmas faced by today's corporate management, the authors walk the reader through strategies for meeting corporate goals and the expectations of customers; the techniques and tools available to achieve them; and how to define success through measurements. They offer a comprehensive program for applying the product development techniques, metrics, and knowledge management approaches for stellar manufacturing.
Vital to next generation manufacturing is understanding the roles of innovation, knowledge, and people in ensuring the competitive readiness of a company.
The book identifies the strategies to achieve this, including:
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Build a strong workforce
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Develop and implement advanced knowledge processes
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Use advanced manufacturing systems, processes, equipment, and technology
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Integrate competitive strengths
Included are real-world examples from participating firms in the NGM Project that have achieved NGM attributes, such as Chrysler and Boeing, as well as a full-length hypothetical case. Also provided are the methodologies for making a high-quality product at the lowest possible cost and getting it to market in the shortest possible time.
The authors have extended the work of the NGM Project by developing ways to link NGM with corporate strategic goals for achieving and sustaining profitability. They expand the concepts of NGM by covering management and financial issues that, until now, have not been fully addressed. The authors also provide a glimpse into the future, examining where manufacturing may be headed beyond the next decade.
For any manager or owner concerned about the long-term survival of their manufacturing enterprise, Next Generation Manufacturing provides the knowledge, strategies, and tools necessary for achieving success in the twenty-first century.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Manufacturing Excitement!
Chapter 2 : The New Competition
Chapter 3 : Meeting Balanced Corporate Goals
Chapter 4 : From Operational Strategies to Implementation Substrategies
Chapter 5 : Organizing the Company for Next Generation Manufacturing
Chapter 6 : The Voice of the Customer-Again
Chapter 7 : Product Realization
Chapter 8 : Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)
Chapter 9 : Modeling and Simulation
Chapter 10 : Next Generation Processes and Equipment
Chapter 11 : Extended Enterprise Collaboration
Chapter 12 : Systems Support for Extended RPPR
Chapter 13 : The Innovative NGM Company
Chapter 14 : Managing and Measuring Change
Chapter 15 : The Knowledge Enterprise
Chapter 16 : Working in the NGM Company
Chapter 17 : Information Systems Integration
Chapter 18 : Measuring the NGM Company
Chapter 19 : Integrating the Enterprise for Next Generation Manufacturing
Chapter 20 : Into the Future
Index
