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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
Autor principal: Pound, Edward S.
Otros Autores: Bell, Jeffrey H., Spearman, Mark L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : McGraw-Hill, Ã2014.
Temas:
Production management.
Factory management.
Production > Gestion.
Usines > Direction.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Production & Operations Management.
Factory management
Production management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
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
  • 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.

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