Koren The Global Manufacturing Revolution

Product-Process-Business Integration and Reconfigurable Systems
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-61879-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 424 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management

The concrete tools manufacturing enterprises need to thrive intoday's global environment
For a manufacturing enterprise to succeed in this currentvolatile economic environment, a revolution is needed inrestructuring its three main components: product design,manufacturing, and business model. The Global ManufacturingRevolution is the first book to focus on these issues. Based onthe author's long-standing course work at the University ofMichigan, this unique volume proposes new technologies and newbusiness strategies that can increase an enterprise's speed ofresponsiveness to volatile markets, as well as enhance theintegration of its own engineering and business.
Introduced here are innovations to the entire manufacturingculture:
* An original approach to the analysis of manufacturingparadigms
* Suggested methods for developing creativity in productdesign
* A quantitative analysis of manufacturing systemconfigurations
* A new manufacturing "reconfigurable" paradigm, in which thespeed of responsiveness is the prime business goal
* An original approach to using information technology forworkforce empowerment
The book also offers analysis and original models of previousmanufacturing paradigms' technical and businessdimensions--including mass production and masscustomization--in order to fully explain the currentrevolution in global manufacturing enterprises. In addition, 200original illustrations and pictures help to clarify the topics.
Globalization is creating both opportunities and challenges forcompanies that manufacture durable goods. The tools, theories, andcase studies in this volume will be invaluable to engineerspursuing leadership careers in the manufacturing industry, as wellas to leaders of global enterprises and business students who aremotivated to lead manufacturing enterprises and ensure theirgrowth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koren, Yoram

Über Autor(innen)

Yoram Koren is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, as well as the Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems. He has won many awards, including, most recently, the Stephen S. Attwood Award from the University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2008, and the Gold Medal from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2007.