Making Common Sense Common Practice, models for manufacturing excellence
Publisher: Cashman Dudley
Published: May 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780884158998
Subjects: Production Engineering; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Production management; Production & quality control management; Management; Production & Operations Management; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes
First sentence: Kaohsiung Industries, an international manufacturing company, has recently made substantial inroads into US and European markets, shaking the confidence of investors in competing US and European manufacturers.
Description: "Make more money in the manufacturing business - but not through cost-cutting and employee layoffs. This book clearly describes how you can turn common sense into common practice to achieve superior manufacturing performance and low-cost production."--BOOK JACKET.

"Through the experience of Beta International, you'll see how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, and improve many other aspects that ultimately raise your company's performance to the level of world-class.

This book takes a good, hard look at plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training, and even offers a chapter on how to implement a computerized maintenance management system."--BOOK JACKET.