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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140597703321

Autore

Koren Yoram

Titolo

The global manufacturing revolution : product-process-business integration and reconfigurable systems / / Yoram Koren ; Rodney Hill, illustration and technical cartooning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

Hoboken, N.J. : , : Wiley, , 2010

ISBN

1-61344-863-5

0-470-92080-7

1-283-20340-5

9786613203403

0-470-61881-7

0-470-61879-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 399 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Wiley series in systems engineering and management

Disciplina

338.4767

658.5/1

Soggetti

Manufacturing industries

Production control

Flexible manufacturing systems

Globalization

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.

Nota di contenuto

THE GLOBAL MANUFACTURING REVOLUTION: Product-Process-Business Integration and Reconfigurable Systems; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Globalization and Manufacturing Paradigms; Chapter 2: Product Invention Strategy; Chapter 3: Customized, Personalized and Reconfigurable Products; Chapter 4: Mass Production and Lean Manufacturing; Chapter 5: Analysis of Mass Customization; Chapter 6: Traditional Manufacturing Systems; Chapter 7: Economics of System Design; Chapter 8: Reconfigurable Machines; Chapter 9: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

Chapter 10: System Configuration AnalysisChapter 11: Business Models for Global Manufacturing Enterprises; Chapter 12: IT-Based Enterprise



Organizational Structure; Chapter 13: Enterprise Globalization Strategies; Chapter 14: The Twenty-first Century Global Manufacturing Enterprise; Appendices; Author Biography; Author Index; Subject Index; Series Plate

Sommario/riassunto

The concrete tools manufacturing enterprises need to thrive in today's global environment For a manufacturing enterprise to succeed in this current volatile economic environment, a revolution is needed in restructuring its three main components: product design, manufacturing, and business model. The Global Manufacturing Revolution is the first book to focus on these issues. Based on the author's long-standing course work at the University of Michigan, this unique volume proposes new technologies and new business strategies that can increase an enterprise's speed of responsivene