Manufacturing Strategy: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

By identifying one of seven process models appropriate for your business, you can determine the appropriate outputs and how to change to better process models as your business needs change. Learn the improvement techniques currently used in manufacturing in both people-oriented methods and machine-oriented improvement approaches.

Chapters

1. Manufacturing Outputs
2. Production Systems
3. Manufacturing Levers: Designing and Changing Production Systems
4. Competitive Analysis: Selecting the Best Production Systems
5. Level of Manufacturing Capacity
6. The Complete Framework for Formulating Manufacturing Strategy
7. Developing the Implementation Plan
8. Integrating Manufacturing Strategy and Business Strategy
9. Improvment Approaches in Manufacturing
10. Focus, Soft Technologies, Hard Technologies
11. Learning and the Product Life Cycle
12. Evaluation of Investments in Manufacturing
13. The Job Shop Production System
14. The Bach Flow Production System
15. The Flexible Manufacturing System, FMS
16. The Operator-Paced Line Flow Production System
17. The Just-In-Time (JIT) Production System
18. The Equipment-Paced Line Flow Production System
19. The Continuous Flow Production System

Reseña del editor

Are you a manager in manufacturing who wants to take your company to the forefront of manufacturing? If so, you need this book. 'Manufacturing Strategy' is a systematic and valuable tool for evaluating your current production program and helping you develop a world class production system. The book begins by examining the basic elements of a manufacturing system, including the six major manufacturing outputs. If helps you determine which output is most important to your manufacturing system and how to make proper adjustments to each level. The second section discusses specific production systems and how each output is linked to a specific system. Each system meets certain needs, and the author provides an in-depth analysis. The book is applicable for both small and large companies. It gives large companies a more in-depth process for strategic planning. For small companies, the process is amazingly simple and cost-effective. (Also available in Spanish - call for details)