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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462949003321

Autore

Pries Kim H. <1955, >

Titolo

Reducing process costs with lean, six sigma, and value engineering techniques / / Kim H. Pries, Jon M. Quigley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-367-38051-X

0-429-11198-3

1-4665-9763-1

1-4398-8726-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

QuigleyJon M

Disciplina

658.15/52

Soggetti

Cost control

Production management - Cost control

Six sigma (Quality control standard)

Lean manufacturing

Value analysis (Cost control)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

An Auerbach book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; About the Authors; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Saving Money with Homegrown Ideas; Chapter 3: Arbitrary Cost Down Approach; Chapter 4: The Isuzu Approach to Teardowns; Chapter 5: The DoD Approach; Chapter 6: Classical Value Analysis / Value Engineering Techniques; Chapter 7: Classical Techniques; Chapter 8: Saving Money with Six Sigma Projects; Chapter 9: Saving Money with Lean Manufacturing; Chapter 10: Saving Money with Optimization; Chapter 11: Regaining Money with Cost Recovery; Chapter 12: Other Methods

Chapter 13: Finding Cost ReductionsChapter 14: When Cost Improvement Goes Wrong; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A company with effective cost reduction activities in place will be better positioned to adapt to shifting economic conditions. In fact, it can make the difference between organizations that thrive and those that



simply survive during times of economic uncertainty. Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques covers the methods and techniques currently available for lowering the costs of products, processes, and services.Describing why cost reductions can be just as powerful as revenue increases, the book arms readers with the