Factory Physics
3rd Edition
Published on 16. February 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-07-123246-3 (ISBN)
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 202 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1307 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-123246-3 (9780071232463)
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Content
PART I: THE LESSONS OF HISTORY Chapter 1: Manufacturing in America Chapter 2: Inventory Control: From EOQ to RDP Chapter 3: The MRP Crusade Chapter 4: The JIT Revolution Chapter 5: What Went Wrong PART II: FACTORY PHYSICS Chapter 6: A Science of Manufacturing Chapter 7: Basic Factory Dynamics Chapter 8: Variability Basics Chapter 9: The Corrupting Influence of Variability Chapter 10: Push and Pull Production Systems Chapter 11: The Human Element in Operations Management Chapter 12: Total Quality Manufacturing PART III: PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE Chapter 13: A Pull Planning Framework Chapter 14: Shop Floor Control Chapter 15: Production Scheduling Chapter 16: Aggregate and Workforce Planning Chapter 17: Supply Chain Management Chapter 18: Capacity Management Chapter 19: Synthesis-Pulling It All Together