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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2014]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
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- D
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- F
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- About the Authors.