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

• Autore: Engineer Soli J.
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, Florida : , : J. Ross Publishing; [Alexandria, Virginia] : , : APICS, , [2005]; ©2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 670/.68/5
• Soggetto topico: Manufacturing industries - Management; Production management; Organizational change - Management; Manufacturing industries - Technological innovations - Management; Manufacturing industries - Quality control
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Progressive manufacturing
• ISBN: 1-68015-924-0; 1-60427-618-5; 1-4237-7526-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911006507603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II