Manufacturing Strategy, 1st Edition: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan

By identifying one of seven process models appropriate for your business, you can determine the appropriate outputs and how to change to better process models as your business needs change. Learn the improvement techniques currently used in manufacturing in both people-oriented methods and machine-oriented improvement approaches.ChaptersManufacturing OutputsProduction SystemsManufacturing Levers: Designing and Changing Production SystemsCompetitive Analysis: Selecting the Best Production SystemsLevel of Manufacturing CapacityThe Complete Framework for Formulating Manufacturing StrategyDeveloping the Implementation PlanIntegrating Manufacturing Strategy and Business StrategyImprovment Approaches in ManufacturingFocus, Soft Technologies, Hard TechnologiesLearning and the Product Life CycleEvaluation of Investments in ManufacturingThe Job Shop Production SystemThe Bach Flow Production SystemThe Flexible Manufacturing System, FMSThe Operator-Paced Line Flow Production SystemThe Just-In-Time (JIT) Production SystemThe Equipment-Paced Line Flow Production SystemThe Continuous Flow Production System