Research Catalog

Title

Optimizing factory performance : cost-effective ways to achieve significant and sustainable improvement / James P. Ignizio.

Author

Ignizio, James P.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2009], ©2009.

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Description

xxi, 371 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"TQM, Reengineering, Theory of Constraints, JIT, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing ... These are just some of the methods that, over the past five decades, have promised to transform any manufacturing firm into a lean, mean, money-making machine. While each incorporates certain fundamental truths, strengths, and benefits, they are not panaceas. Nor do they necessarily provide much-needed insight into the science that underlies factory performance." "James Ignizio, an internationally recognized performance optimization expert, believes that only a balanced approach will provide the significant and sustainable improvement required of firms who will survive and prosper in the twenty-first century. In this guide, Dr. Ignizio picks up where such concepts as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing leave off to provide a holistic, three-dimensional approach to mastering the art and science of manufacturing."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Production management
• Quality control
• Industrial management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. History - and Implications -- Ch. 3. Terminology, Notation, and Definitions -- Ch. 4. Running a Factory: In Two Dimensions -- Ch. 5. Variability -- Ch. 6. Running a Factory: In Three Dimensions -- Ch. 7. Three Holistic Performance Curves -- Ch. 8. Factory Performance Metrics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Ch. 9. A Transition: From Words to Deeds -- Ch. 10. Reducing Complexity -- Ch. 11. Reducing Variability -- Ch. 12. The 12-Workstation Model Revisited -- Ch. 13. The Fundamental Model of Manufacturing -- Ch. 14. The Elements of Success -- Ch. 15. Summary and Conclusions.

ISBN

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

LCCN

• 2009022282
• 40017055307

OCLC

• ocn373474883
• 373474883
• SCSB-9059615

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries