The Perfect Engine
Subtitle: How to Win in the New Demand Economy by Building to Order with Fewer Resources
Publisher: Free Press
Published: October 16, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780743203814
Subjects: Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies; Manufacturing industries; Production engineering; Production & Operations Management; Management; Manufacturing Industries (Economic Aspects); Productivity (Industrial Economics); Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Manufacturing processes; Business/Economics; Management - General; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics / General; Production management; Technological innovations; Industrial Management
First sentence: Stepping into the huge kitchen cabinet assembly plant, you are assaulted by the sights, sounds, smell, and by-products of a very busy operation.
Description: "In The Perfect Engine, manufacturing experts Anand Sharma and Patricia E. Moody describe for the first time how leading "pull" production pioneers build to order by reducing inventory, decreasing cycle time, minimizing floor space, and eliminating waste." "Drawing on scores of examples and detailed case studies of three leaders in the demand economy field, Sharma and Moody demonstrate how these companies achieved results. They provide explanations of key technical aspects of the process."--BOOK JACKET.