
Systems for Manufacturing Excellence
Generating Efficient and Reliable Manufacturing Operations
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. January 2020
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-78966-098-2 (ISBN)
Description
Many production managers have de-stocked excessively large inventories, gone lean, experimented with continuous improvement processes and introduced new working practices. These interventions have largely failed. Businesses have also failed to invest in the workforce that undertakes improvements. This means that cash flow stops quickly, stocks are depleted to zero and customers lose confidence.
Systems for Manufacturing Excellence
looks at how people and technology work effectively together to generate high performance manufacturing and service operations. Not everyone is a Toyota but that does not mean we cannot learn from such businesses. The book will present a logic, variety of approaches and methods that underpin the different models of high performance used by 'world class' businesses. The authors use examples from their training with Toyota, work with Tesco, and many world class manufacturing businesses that form their research agenda. The book will help teams run each part of their production process for effectiveness and efficiency, with a high level of discipline that supports excellence in performance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
933 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78966-098-2 (9781789660982)
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Generating Efficient and Reliable Manufacturing Operations
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Persons
Author
Nick Rich is Professor of Socio-Technical Systems Design at Swansea School of Management. He is an academic with a specialist interest in high performance and highly reliable businesses. He has gained international acclaim and has received a significant number of awards for his research work.
ISNI: 0000 0001 1664 4271
ISNI: 0000 0001 1664 4271
Mohamed Afy Shararah is an industrial engineer. He led projects with InnovateUK to deliver a step-change in productivity through embedding new capabilities in innovative manufacturing techniques and cutting-edge engineering product design. He also collaborated with African, Asian, European, and North American businesses on improvement projects in the areas of Lean Manufacturing and Circular Economy.
Content
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- Chapter - 01: Operational excellence;
- Chapter - 02: The real issues and DNA of winning organizations;
- Chapter - 03: Socio-technical systems and their design;
- Chapter - 04: High performing organizations (six sigma and lean);
- Chapter - 05: TPM and maintaining (reliability focused and OEE-based flow improvement);
- Chapter - 06: Highly reliable organizations (organizational level pre-occupations);
- Chapter - 07: Operations management by design of new processes;
- Chapter - 08: The safety case;
- Chapter - 09: Improving processes and the sustainability of improvement;
- Chapter - 10: The new agenda for change;
- Chapter - 11: Conclusions