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Factory physics for managers : how leaders improve performance in a post-lean six sigma world /

A crash course in the practical science of operations designed to help you: Achieve best possible profit, cash flow, and customer service; Attain highest return with existing Lean, Six Sigma, and ERP initiatives; Manage your capacity, inventory, response time, and variability with high predictabilit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Pound, Edward S. (Autor), Bell, Jeffrey H. (Autor), Spearman, Mark L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 1 0 |a Factory physics for managers :  |b how leaders improve performance in a post-lean six sigma world /  |c Edward S Pound, Jeffrey H Bell, Mark L Spearman. 
246 3 |a Factory physics for managers, how leaders improve performance in a post-lean six sigma world 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a New York, N.Y. :  |b McGraw-Hill Education,  |c [2014] 
264 4 |c ?2014 
300 |a 1 online resource (2923 pages) :  |b illustrations. 
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490 1 |a McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- The Book in Brief -- Why is This Book Needed? -- Chapter 1 Science?Use It or Lose -- Of Theories and Buzzwords -- Toyota and Science -- The Track Record: Lean and Six Sigma -- A Confused Landscape -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 2 The Nature of Business?A Secret Hidden in Plain Sight -- Leading Performance Improvement More Productively -- Tradeoff Illustrations -- Leadership and Tradeoffs -- The Factory Physics Approach -- Chapter 3 Practical Science for Leaders -- Knowledge and Science -- Practical Theory -- Putting Practical Science to Practice -- Chapter 4 Practical Math for Managers -- Defining Terms -- Modeling Stocks -- Modeling Flows -- Effect of Variability -- Total Cycle Time -- Combining Stocks and Flows -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5 Profit, Cash Flow, and Factory Physics Science -- The Value-Added Fantasy -- Financial Statements and the Science of Operations -- Financial Performance Driven by the Science of Operations -- Marketing and Operations Strategies Drive Financial Results -- Chapter 6 Operations Strategy and Planning -- Operations Strategy -- Information Technology Control and Control Limits -- Factory Physics Sales and Operations Planning -- Chapter 7 Implementing Tactics, Controls, and Measures for Optimal Results -- Demand Tactics and Controls -- Inventory Tactics -- Capacity Tactics -- Response-Time Stratagems -- Predictive Control Using MRP/ERP Systems -- Dynamic Risk-Based Scheduling -- Measures Alignment and Insight -- Chapter 8 Leadership, Measures, and Culture Change -- An Approach to Sustainable Leadership -- A High-Level Plan So That Strategies Can Be Shared and Understood -- Monthly or Quarterly Plans to Establish Prioritized Initiatives -- Weekly Scheduling Meetings to Plan the Work -- Weekly Operations Meetings to Check Progress -- Daily Mechanisms for Feedback -- Personal Plans So That Individuals Understand Their Roles -- Chapter 9 Examples from Industry -- Learning to See?Farther -- Beyond ABC?Optimal Inventory Policies -- Reducing Cycle Times in a Traditional Pharmaceutical Plant -- Restoring Customer Service in a Fabrication and Assembly Plant -- Increasing Throughput in a Biopharmaceutical Facility -- Dynamic Risk-Based Scheduling in the Textile Industry -- Chapter 10 Final Word on Factory Physics Science (for Now) -- Quick Wins -- More Complex Implementations -- A Large Company Implementation -- Alternative Histories -- The Future -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Authors. 
520 0 |a A crash course in the practical science of operations designed to help you: Achieve best possible profit, cash flow, and customer service; Attain highest return with existing Lean, Six Sigma, and ERP initiatives; Manage your capacity, inventory, response time, and variability with high predictability; Simplify management of complexity using existing IT systems; Use the fundamentals of science to ensure your operation's success; See your company and procedures more clearly; Improve intuition, decision making, and strategy execution. You'll find new ways to improve your leadership by predictively managing the tradeoffs that every operation faces-whether it's more or less inventory or capacity, higher or lower customer service, or more or fewer products. Using this approach, you can tackle these natural conflicts in business through a practical, comprehensive science of operations. 
530 |a Also available in print edition. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b New York, N.Y. :  |c McGraw Hill,   |d 2014.  |n Mode of access: World Wide Web.  |n System requirements: Web browser.  |n Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions. 
538 |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 
545 |a Edward S. Pound is Chief Operations Officer at Factory Physics Inc. Jeffrey H. Bell is a managing partner of Arc Precision, a supplier of precision-engineered components to the medical device industry, and he serves on the advisory board of Factory Physics Inc. Mark L. Spearman, Ph.D., is the founder, president, and CEO of Factory Physics Inc. and coauthor of Factory Physics. 
546 |a In English. 
588 |a Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on April 26, 2016. 
650 0 |a Production management. 
650 0 |a Factory management. 
655 0 |a Electronic books. 
700 1 |a Bell, Jeffrey H.,  |e author. 
700 1 |a Spearman, Mark L.,  |e author. 
776 0 |i Print version:   |t Factory physics for managers : how leaders improve performance in a post-lean six sigma world.  |b First edition.  |d New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, 2014  |w (OCoLC)857402095 
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