Manufacturing Strategy, 1st Edition: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan

By identifying one of seven process models appropriate for your business, you can determine the appropriate outputs and how to change to better process models as your business needs change. Learn the improvement techniques currently used in manufacturing in both people-oriented methods and machine-oriented improvement approaches.Chapters Manufacturing Outputs Production Systems Manufacturing Levers: Designing and Changing Production Systems Competitive Analysis: Selecting the Best Production Systems Level of Manufacturing Capacity The Complete Framework for Formulating Manufacturing Strategy Developing the Implementation Plan Integrating Manufacturing Strategy and Business Strategy Improvment Approaches in Manufacturing Focus, Soft Technologies, Hard Technologies Learning and the Product Life Cycle Evaluation of Investments in Manufacturing The Job Shop Production System The Bach Flow Production System The Flexible Manufacturing System, FMS The Operator-Paced Line Flow Production Syste