The book presents the basic principles of what manufacturing must do to support competitiveness in the market place. These are identified as the Manufacturing Deliverables of Quality, Delivery and Cost. Ways of achieving these are examined in light of challenging received wisdoms and suggesting new guiding principles. The contribution of a large selection of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies based to satisfying these requirements are examined and put into a strategic context. Implementation and change management issues are fully examined. Readers will find in it much to challenge old ways of thinking and much new material to inform deliberations of how manufacturing must develop to compete effectively in global markets.
| ISBN: | 9783540511137 |
| Publication date: | 3rd July 1989 |
| Author: | Douglas K Macbeth |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 134 pages |
| Genres: |
Engineering skills and trades Organizational theory and behaviour Automotive technology and trades Operational research Business strategy Engineering: general |