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9780872635135

Running Today's Factory : A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780872635135

  • ISBN10:

    0872635139

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-31
  • Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
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Summary

Running Today's Factory by Charles Standard and Dale Davis presents a proven approach to manufacturing management using scientific reasoning, clever analogies, and practical case examples. It strips away the mystery of lean manufacturing and provides clear principles for running today's factory. The authors use their extensive experience to illustrate how lean thinking leads to good manufacturing decisions that can be backed up with sound scientific reasoning.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introductionp. 1
The Manufacturing Challengep. 9
What's So Tough About Running a Factory?p. 27
Lean Manufacturing Overviewp. 49
Factory Physics Basicsp. 73
Manufacturing as a Management Strategyp. 95
Operational Stability and Continual Improvementp. 117
Just-In-Time Productionp. 137
Pull Production Controlp. 159
Achieving Quality at the Sourcep. 179
Quick Setup and Small Lot Productionp. 207
Measuring Today's Factoryp. 225
Transforming Today's Factoryp. 243
Bibliographyp. 269
Indexp. 283
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