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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139365103321

Autore

Berk Joseph <1951->

Titolo

Cost reduction and optimization for manufacturing and industrial companies / / Joseph Berk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

1-282-54836-0

9786612548369

1-61344-165-7

0-470-64381-1

0-470-64380-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Wiley-Scrivener ; ; 2

THEi Wiley ebooks

Disciplina

658.15/52

Soggetti

Cost control

Costs, Industrial

Industrial efficiency

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Organizing a Cost-Reduction Program; Part I Labor; Chapter 2 Defining Headcount and Controlling Staff Growth; Chapter 3 Developing and Implementing Time Standards; Chapter 4 Measuring and Using Efficiency; Chapter 5 Assessing Machine Utilization; Chapter 6 Controlling Overtime; Chapter 7 Making Multiple Shifts Productive; Chapter 8 Finding and Reducing Lost Time; Chapter 9 Using the Learning Curve to Drive Costs Down; Part II Material; Chapter 10 Make-versus-Buy Determinations

Chapter 11 Inventory MinimizationChapter 12 Material Utilization; Chapter 13 Minimizing Supplier Costs; Chapter 14 Supplier Negotiation; Chapter 15 Supplier Competition; Part III Process Improvements; Chapter 16 Workflow Optimization; Chapter 17 Setup Time Reduction; Chapter 18 Material-Handling Improvements; Chapter 19 Scrap and Rework Reduction; Chapter 20 Work Center Cleanliness; Part IV Design; Chapter 21 The Design Approach; Chapter 22



Requirements Relaxation; Chapter 23 Tolerance Relaxation; Chapter 24 Materials Substitution; Chapter 25 Packaging; Part V Overhead

Chapter 26 General Overhead ExpensesChapter 27 Travel; Chapter 28 Inspection; Part VI Gaining Disciples and Measuring Progress; Chapter 29 Suggestion Programs; Chapter 30 Measuring Progress; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on rapid implementation of practical, real-world cost reduction solutions In today's economic climate, the need to cut costs can be the difference between success and failure. Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies covers all major cost reduction areas, providing easy to read examples and advice on steps to take. It provides the roadmap for implementing recommended actions with true and tried methods by taking a modern, all-inclusive look at manufacturing processes. Based on the author's cost reduction experience gained during 30 year