Learning From World Class Manufacturers

Author : Schonberger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471109720
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Class Manufacturing written by Schonberger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his best-selling book Japanese Manufacturing Techniques, Richard J. Schonberger revolutionized American manufacturing theory and, more important, practice. In that breakthrough book, he revealed that Japanese manufacturing excellence was not culturally bound. Offering the first demystified explanation of the simple techniques that fueled Japan's industrial success, he demonstrated how the same methods could be put to work as effectively in U.S. plants.

Author : Richard Schonberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Class Manufacturing written by Richard Schonberger and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping, managers have judged a company's worth by sales and profits. Now, a world-renowned scholar, theoretician, and guru of production and manufacturing exposes the fallacies of this timeless practice. Armed with new world-class benchmark data, Schonberger redefines excellence in terms of competence, capability, and customer-focused, employee-driven, data-based performance.

Author : M. Szwejczewski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113729230X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning From World Class Manufacturers written by M. Szwejczewski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manufacturing managers are still focused on the short-term tactical issues related to their business. Strategic issues tend to receive less attention. However, manufacturing can play an important strategic role. This book helps managers consider the strategic roles their operations can play and to provide guidance as to what actions can be taken.

Author : M. Szwejczewski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113729230X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning From World Class Manufacturers written by M. Szwejczewski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manufacturing managers are still focused on the short-term tactical issues related to their business. Strategic issues tend to receive less attention. However, manufacturing can play an important strategic role. This book helps managers consider the strategic roles their operations can play and to provide guidance as to what actions can be taken.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030905589X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World-Class Research and Development written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-10-16 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Craig Giffi
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Competing in World-class Manufacturing written by Craig Giffi and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's the first book to give you a complete manufacturing strategy. Based on an in-depth study of the strategies and operating practices of dozens of leading manufacturers, this book describes a common framework for world-class manufacturers.

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309045886
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manufacturing Systems written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 70 percent of U.S. manufacturing output currently faces direct foreign competition. While American firms understand the individual components of their manufacturing processes, they must begin to work with manufacturing systems to develop world-class capabilities. This new book identifies principles-termed foundations-that have proved effective in improving manufacturing systems. Authored by an expert panel, including manufacturing executives, the book provides recommendations for manufacturers, leading to specific action in three areas: Management philosophy and practice. Methods used to measure and predict the performance of systems. Organizational learning and improving system performance through technology. The volume includes in-depth studies of several key issues in manufacturing, including employee involvement and empowerment, using learning curves to improve quality, measuring performance against that of the competition, focusing on customer satisfaction, and factory modernization. It includes a unique paper on jazz music as a metaphor for participative manufacturing management. Executives, managers, engineers, researchers, faculty, and students will find this book an essential tool for guiding this nation's businesses toward developing more competitive manufacturing systems.

Author : Richard Schonberger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0029291003
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Manufacturing Techniques written by Richard Schonberger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1982 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese productivity and quality standards have fired the imagination of American managers, but until now there has been little explanation of how to do it -- how to apply Japanese methods at the actual operating level of U.S. manufacturing plants. This book shows you how, exposing otherwise well-informed westernized readers to a new world of management ideas. Author Richard J. Schonberger demonstrates that the Japanese formula for success is based on a number of specific, interrelated techniques -- stunning in their simplicity -- and he shows how these techniques can be put to work in American industries today. Here, in a clear, handbook format, are nine "lessons" for American manufacturers, introducing scores of techniques aimed at simplifying the overly-complex purchasing, inventory, assembly-fine, and quality-control processes of U.S. firms. At the heart of Japanese manufacturing success are two overlapping strategies: "just-in-time" production and "total quality control." Some American manufacturers already know a little about these methods, but Richard Schonberger provides the most comprehensive description of these techniques available: how they developed, how they all fit together, why they are so potent, and how they "snowball" -- unleashing a powerful chain reaction of productivity and quality control improvements each time more simplification is introduced. -- Publisher description.

Author : Aaron McDaniel
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1637742185
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Class written by Aaron McDaniel and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal Bestseller The playbook for a new era of global business. The business world has changed, and to stay ahead, companies must think, operate, and scale differently. Companies need to adopt a new mindset and build distributed teams with a unique set of skills to succeed in global markets. A new strategic approach and revision of the agile methodology are necessary to better balance the need to localize with the complexity that localization creates. To date, business leaders have had to learn how to scale globally the hard way—through trial, error, and failure—since no guidebook existed to light the way . . . until now. Enter Global Class: the playbook that teaches you how to build teams, manage a diverse international footprint, and balance cultural differences to scale globally by focusing locally. Through case studies and insights from more than 250 of the world’s fastest-growing companies, Aaron McDaniel and Klaus Wehage illuminate what this new class of businesses (“Global Class Companies”) do to succeed, who are the catalysts of their growth, and how they do it. From market entry to international growth, Global Class introduces a comprehensive tool kit of practical frameworks that provide a blueprint for how to build and manage a global business. Whether your company is just starting its growth journey, already has an established international footprint, or you are a globally minded professional looking to build an international career, Global Class is the essential playbook for reaching global scale for businesses of all sizes and stages.

Author : Rajendra Sisodia
Publisher : Pearson Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 0132716178
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firms of Endearment written by Rajendra Sisodia and published by Pearson Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s best companies get it. From Costco® to Commerce Bank, Wegmans to Whole Foods®: they’re becoming the ultimate value creators. They’re generating every form of value that matters: emotional, experiential, social, and financial. And they’re doing it for all their stakeholders. Not because it’s “politically correct”: because it’s the only path to long-term competitive advantage. These are the Firms of Endearment. Companies people love doing business with. Love partnering with. Love working for. Love investing in. Companies for whom “loyalty” isn’t just real: it’s palpable, and driving unbeatable advantages in everything from marketing to recruitment. You need to become one of those companies. This book will show you how. You’ll find specific, practical guidance on transforming every relationship you have: with customers, associates, partners, investors, and society. If you want to be great—truly great—this is your blueprint. We’re entering an Age of Transcendence, as people increasingly search for higher meaning in their lives, not just more possessions. This is transforming the marketplace, the workplace, the very soul of capitalism. Increasingly, today’s most successful companies are bringing love, joy, authenticity, empathy, and soulfulness into their businesses: they are delivering emotional, experiential, and social value–not just profits. Firms of Endearment illuminates this, the most fundamental transformation in capitalism since Adam Smith. It’s not about “corporate social responsibility”: it’s about building companies that can sustain success in a radically new era. It’s about great companies like IDEO and IKEA®, Commerce Bank and Costco®, Wegmans and Whole Foods®: how they earn the powerful loyalty and affection that enables truly breathtaking performance. This book is about gaining “share of heart,” not just share of wallet. It’s about aligning stakeholders’ interests, not just juggling them. It’s about building companies that leave the world a better place. Most of all, it’s about why you must do all this, or risk being left in the dust... and how to get there from wherever you are now.