Manufacturing Strategy, 1st Edition: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan
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 Manufacturing Outputs Production Systems Manufacturing Levers: Designing and Changing Production Systems Competitive Analysis: Selecting the Best Production Systems Level of Manufacturing Capacity The Complete Framework for Formulating Manufacturing Strategy Developing the Implementation Plan Integrating Manufacturing Strategy and Business Strategy Improvment Approaches in Manufacturing Focus, Soft Technologies, Hard Technologies Learning and the Product Life Cycle Evaluation of Investments in Manufacturing The Job Shop Production System The Bach Flow Production System The Flexible Manufacturing System, FMS The Operator-Paced Line Flow Production System The Just-In-Time (JIT) Production System The Equipment-Paced Line Flow Production System The Continuous Flow Production System
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1563270714
ISBN13:9781563270710
Release Date:July 1995
Publisher:Productivity Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.8" x 11.3"
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Great high-level description of manufacturing's strategic capabilities
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book clearly indicates the pros and cons to different production systems and the situations in which a plant should choose one or the other, as well as the various roles that a plant could occupy in a larger manufacturing network. The author does a good job of showing the multiple sources of competitive advantage that manufacturing may provide to a company and highlights the need to place manufacturing in the strategic decision making process, beyond the simple-minded low cost manufacturing strategy. This book presents a clear, concise methodology for evaluating the manufacturing system, while remaining focused on the strategic needs of the company.
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