The Small Manufacturer's Toolkit: A Guide to Selecting the Techniques and Systems to Help You Win guides you through the management philosophies and process improvement techniques that are constantly being promoted, enabling you to make informed choices.
Following an introductory chapter, the author addresses fundamental inventory management and planning tools, including the Sales Operations Planning process that bridges the high-level strategic plan and the midrange master production schedule. The book then discusses Lean Manufacturing and the often accompanying Six Sigma, as well as the aspects of the Theory of Constraints that may cause confusion and prevent implementation.
The book reviews many of the most popular quality tools and quality management systems, fostering and understanding of what should be the foundation of any organization. The text also explores project management, and examines the requirements surrounding the implementation and use of ERP systems. It emphasizes awareness and application of Supply Chain Management techniques, and covers productive E-Commerce related applications. The book concludes by providing a diagnostic tool that helps you determine which tools, are valid for your organization.
Dedication
Chapter 1 : Assembling Your Toolkit
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1.1 : Knowledge is Power
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1.2 : Assembling Your Tools
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1.3 : Challenges of the Small Manufacturer
SECTION I : MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Chapter 2 : The Basics: Are You at the Starting Line?
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2.1 : Inventory Basics
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2.2 : Master Production Scheduling
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2.3 : Materials Requirements Planning
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2.4 : Warehousing Basics
Chapter 3 : Sales and Operation Planning: Know Where You're Going
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3.1 : Volume versus Mix
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3.2 : The Sales and Operations Planning Process
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3.3 : The Sales Plan
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3.4 : The Operations Plan
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3.5 : The Financial Plan
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3.6 : Tying It all Together
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3.7 : What It Takes to Get Started
SECTION II : MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
Chapter 4 : Lean Manufacturing: Power Tools!
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4.1 : Lean on the Shop Floor
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4.2 : Terms and Techniques
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4.3 : Planning in a Lean Environment
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4.4 : Maintenance
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4.5 : The Lean Enterprise - Not Just for Manufacturing
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4.6 : The Lean Supply Chain
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4.7 : A Little Lean
Chapter 5 : Six Sigma for the Little Guy: Uh-Oh - Math
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5.1 : Sigma
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5.2 : The Normal Distribution
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5.3 : More about Those Sigmas
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5.4 : Six Sigma Performance
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5.5 : DMAIC/PDCA
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5.6 : Customer Focus
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5.7 : Just the Facts
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5.8 : Green Belts, Black Belts, and Beyond
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5.9 : Project Selection
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5.10 : More Six Sigma Tools
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5.11 : Where to Start
Chapter 6 : Theory of Constraints: Think!
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6.1 : A Note on The Goal
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6.2 : Drum-Buffer-Rope
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6.3 : The Five Focusing Steps
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6.4 : Throughput and Throughput Accounting
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6.5 : The Thinking Processes
Chapter 7 : Quality Tools: You've Heard About Them; What Are They?
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7.1 : Total Quality Management (TQM)
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7.2 : Statistical Process Control
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7.3 : ISO 9000
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7.4 : The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
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7.5 : The Quality Organization
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7.6 : Metrics
SECTION III : MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS
Chapter 8 : Project Management: You're Gonna Do It; Do It Right
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8.1 : Project Phases
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8.2 : Project Scope
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8.3 : Resources
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8.4 : Risk Management
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8.5 : Miscellaneous Issues
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8.6 : Critical Chain Project Management
Chapter 9 : ERP: Information at the Speed of Light
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9.1 : What is ERP and Why Would I Want It?
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9.2 : History and Evolution
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9.3 : Modules and Functions
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9.4 : Selection
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9.5 : Education and Training
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9.6 : Implementation
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9.7 : Maintenance
Chapter 10 : Supply Chain Management: You're Not Alone
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10.1 : You Don't Operate in a Vacuum
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10.2 : Supply Chain Management
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10.3 : Plossl's Seven Supply Chain Points
Chapter 11 : E-Commerce: Entering the 21st Century
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11.1 : E-Commerce is not Just Creating a Web Site
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11.2 : EDI and Sons
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11.3 : World Wide Web : Two Sides of the Coin
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11.4 : The Back End is Just as Important as the Front End
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11.5 : Inventory and Operations Planning
SECTION IV : DIAGNOSTICS AND DECISIONS
Chapter 12 : Now What?
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12.1 : Which Tools are Right for Me?
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12.2 : Application of Tools
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12.3 : E-Commerce
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12.4 : Service - Your Competitive Weapon (But I'm a Manufacturer!)
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12.5 : The Last Word
Appendix A : References and Resources
Appendix B : Normal Distribution versus Sigma Conversion
Index