1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003705190403321

Autore

Perren, Richard

Titolo

Agriculture in depression, 1870-1940 / prepared for the Economic History Society by Richard Perren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995

ISBN

0521557682

Descrizione fisica

VI, 81 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

New Studies in Economic and Social History ; 26

Locazione

DECTS

Collocazione

N5.152

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910275359303321

Titolo

The state of the art of traffic safety : a comprehensive review of existing information / prepared by Arthur D. Little, inc., for the Automobile Manufacturers Association, inc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Praeger, [1970]

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 624 p ; 25 cm

Collana

Praeger special studies in international politics and public affairs

Disciplina

614.8/62

Locazione

DINTR

Collocazione

F3/16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006507603321

Autore

Engineer Soli J.

Titolo

Progressive manufacturing : managing uncertainty while blazing a trail to success / / Soli J. Engineer ; foreword by George W. Plossl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Florida : , : J. Ross Publishing

[Alexandria, Virginia] : , : APICS, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

1-68015-924-0

1-60427-618-5

1-4237-7526-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

670/.68/5

Soggetti

Manufacturing industries - Management

Production management

Organizational change - Management

Manufacturing industries - Technological innovations - Management

Manufacturing industries - Quality control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""About the Author""; ""About APICS""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter  1 - Change: The Biggest Hurdle!""; ""Chapter  2 - Organization""; ""Chapter  3 - My Five Cs""; ""Chapter  4 - Product Design""; ""Chapter  5 - Inventory""; ""Chapter  6 - Lead Times""; ""Chapter  7 - Product Cost""; ""Chapter  8 - Quality""; ""Chapter  9 - Engineering Processes""; ""Chapter 10 - Manufacturing Processes""; ""Chapter 11 - Manufacturing Philosophies""; ""Chapter 12 - Where Do We Go From Here?""; ""Appendix A: Cost Rollup Example""

""Appendix B: MRP""""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past few decades, manufacturers have beensearching for solutions to their inventory, delivery,cost, and quality woes. Few organizations have madeserious inroads with the methods of the moment and thewoes linger on. This book provides innovative and



elegantsolutions to these and other perennial problems faced byorganizations. It presents multiple ways to reduce leadtimes and inventory, innovative methods for using bill ofmaterials to improve productivity, and thought-provokingideas and methods for simplifying processes at differentlevels. The author introduces topics which are importantfor achieving success but often avoided such as workbreakdown structure, Improvement Curve Theory, and muchmore. Soli J. Engineer has taught several certificationcourses, is a sought-after speaker and a publishedauthor.