05543nam 2200685Ia 450 991078436570332120230120004402.01-280-74745-597866107474500-08-046819-5(CKB)1000000000349875(EBL)284022(OCoLC)476032595(SSID)ssj0000243632(PQKBManifestationID)11209769(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243632(PQKBWorkID)10160305(PQKB)10537437(MiAaPQ)EBC284022(Au-PeEL)EBL284022(CaPaEBR)ebr10158388(CaONFJC)MIL74745(EXLCZ)99100000000034987520070201d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSelecting the right manufacturing improvement tools[electronic resource] what tool? when? /Ron MooreAmsterdam ;Boston Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemannc20071 online resource (413 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7506-7916-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Selecting the Right Manufacturing Improvement Tools: What Tool? When?; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Scene; The Response; The Tools; Lean Manufacturing; Cost Cutting-Does it Work?; Why Do Executives Persist in Cost Cutting?; Kaizen; Total Productive Maintenance; Six Sigma; Supply Chain Management; Reliability-Centered Maintenance; Predictive Maintenance; Root Cause Analysis; Other Tools; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Aligning the Organization; Why We Must Align the Organization; Aligning for Manufacturing ExcellenceDeveloping and Using an Asset Management Strategy as an Alignment Tool CEO Compensation: Mis-Aligning the Organization; Internal Equability; CEO Compensation and Internal Equity; External Competitiveness; CEO Compensation and External Competitiveness; Initiative Overload: A Mis-Alignment Issue; Summary; References; Chapter 3: Innovation; Introduction; Cost Cutting vs. Creating an Innovative Environment; Getting Lower Costs Through "Little Innovation"; Creating Expectations; Outsourcing/Offshoring: The Loss of Innovation; Two Scenarios; Human Capital: The Heart of Innovation and Value CreationOther Human Asset Valuation Methods Summary; References; Chapter 4: Leadership and Teams; Introduction; Leaders vs. Managers; Vision, Reality, Courage, and Ethics; Personal Humility and Professional Resolve; Building Character Through Principles; Leadership: Aligning the Organization; Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership; The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership; Inspiring Ordinary People to Extraordinary Performance; Summary: Common Traits of Leadership; Teams and Teamwork; Self-Managed Teams: Caution; Organizational Context; Expert Team Coaching; Team Leader Execution SkillsCorporate Level Observations The Dysfunctions of Teams; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Managing Change; Introduction; Articulate a Compelling Reason for Change; Apply Leadership and Management Principles; Communicate the Strategy and Goals; Facilitate Employee Implementation of the Change Process; Measure the Results: Reward Good Behavior, Challenge Bad Behavior; Stabilize the Organization in the New Order; Succession Planning and Management; Beta's Omega Division; Better Succession Management; Selecting the Right Managers; Sustaining Improvement; Summary; ReferencesChapter 6: Business Level Failure Models and Effects Analysis: Selecting the Right Improvement Projects and Tools The Manufacturing Plant as a Business System; Business-Level Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA); Typical Results; Selecting the Right Tools; Beta's Allen Central Plant; Beta's Swampton Plant; Beta's Martin Plant; Beta's Leets Plant; Beta's Van Lear Plant; Beta's Blany Plant; Beta's Ivel Plant; Summary; Reference; Chapter 7: Lean Manufacturing; Lean Manufacturing: A Very Brief History; Lean Characteristics; The Toyota Way; Philosophy: Long-Term ThinkingProcesses: Eliminate WasteSelecting the Right Manufacturing Improvement Tools offers an easy-to-read and comprehensive review of the most important current industrial improvement tools that every manufacturing or industrial executive, operational manager or engineer needs to know, including which tool to use for a particular type of manufacturing situation. But his book goes beyond a simple comparison of improvement tools to show how these tools can be implemented and supported. Instead, it offers a broader strategic explanation of how they relate to one another, and their relative strengths and weaknesses inManufacturing industriesManagementManufacturesQuality controlProduction managementManufacturing processesManufacturing industriesManagement.ManufacturesQuality control.Production management.Manufacturing processes.658.514660.284245Moore Ron1498216MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784365703321Selecting the right manufacturing improvement tools3723705UNINA