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Optimizing factory performance : cost-effective ways to achieve significant and sustainable improvement /

Ignizio, James P.

Optimizing factory performance : cost-effective ways to achieve significant and sustainable improvement / James P. Ignizio. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009. - xxi, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- History--and implications -- Terminology, notation, and definitions -- Running a factory : in two dimensions -- Variability -- Running a factory : in three dimensions -- Three holistic performance curves -- Factory performance metrics : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- A transition : from words to deeds -- Reducing complexity -- Reducing variability -- The 12-workstation model revisited -- The fundamental model of manufacturing -- The elements of success -- Summary and conclusions.

9780071632850 (alk. paper) 0071632859 (alk. paper)

2009022282

GBA964234 bnb

015301737 Uk


Production management.
Quality control.
Industrial management.

TS155 / .I39 2009

658.5 / IGN

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