Manufacturing Management

Principles and Concepts
1995
ISBN: 978-0-412-37370-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1040 g

This book is intended to be used for a foundation course on modern principles of production and operations management. During the past 15 years there have been a number of fundamental changes in production management thinking and philosophy. The objective of this book is to present a coherent and integrated account of these new emerging principles.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gibson, Peter

Kerr, R.

Greenhalgh, Garry

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Produktionsmanagement, Qualitätskontrolle
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Core concepts:Dynamics of industrial competition. The concept of added value.The major international manufacturing management functions: Dynamics of materials flow. Planning hierarchies and timescales: the master production schedule. Fundamentals of manufacturing resources planning (MRP). OPT and synchronous manufacturing. The JIT approach. Total productive maintenance.Managing the logistics interface: Purchasing - achieving quality and value.Global issues: Physical distribution. Total quality management - tools and techniques. Manufacturing strategy. Manufacturing performance monitoring.