Manufacturing Systems : Foundations of World-Class Practice

Manufacturing Systems -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Report of the Committee on Foundations of the Manufacturing -- Executive Summary -- GOALS AND OBJECTIVES -- THE CUSTOMER -- THE ORGANIZATION -- THE EMPLOYEE -- THE SUPPLIER OR VENDOR -- THE MANAGEMENT TASK -- METRICS -- DESCRIBING AND UNDERSTANDING -- EXPERIMENTATION AND LEARNING -- TECHNOLOGY -- IMPLEMENTING THE FOUNDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview -- THE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM -- MANUFACTURING FOUNDATIONS -- THE BENEFITS OF FOUNDATIONS OF MANUFACTURING -- THE AUDIENCE -- 3 Management Practice -- GOALS AND OBJECTIVES -- THE CUSTOMER -- THE ORGANIZATION -- THE EMPLOYEE -- THE SUPPLIER OR VENDOR -- THE MANAGEMENT TASK -- 4 Measuring, Describing, and Predicting System Performance -- METRICS: QUANTIFYING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE -- Taxonomy for Metrics -- Matching Metrics with Goals and Concerns -- Financial Measurements -- The Application of Metrics as Operational Guidelines -- Other Metrics -- MODELS AND LAWS -- Empirical Models -- Modeling and Understanding -- Determining Limits for Improvement -- Identifying Critical Variables -- Strategic Planning and Management -- Basis for Decisions and Predicting Performance -- Simulation -- 5 Organizational Learning and Improving System Performance -- FOUNDATIONS RELATED TO LEARNING AND RENEWAL -- The Learning Process -- Formalize Organizational Knowledge with Models -- FOUNDATIONS THAT RELATE TO TECHNOLOGY -- Unit Processes and Subsystems -- Subsystem Interfaces -- System Issues -- Enhancing the Scientific Method for Understanding Manufacturing Systems -- 6 Educational and Technological Challenges -- CHALLENGES FOR THE EDUCATION SYSTEM -- THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES -- Globally Competitive Manufacturing Practices -- Involvement and Empowerment: The Modern Paradigm for Management Success.