Quick response manufacturing : a companywide approach to reducing lead times / Rajan Suri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suri, Rajan, author.

Contributor:

Books24x7, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing cells.

New products.

Production management.

Production scheduling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 544 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st.

Place of Publication:

New York : Productivity Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Developed by the author and now being employed by a number of businesses, Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition, aimed at a single target with the goal of reducing lead times. The key difference between QRM and other time-based programs is that QRM covers an entire organization, from the shop floor to the office, to sales and beyond. Providing guidelines for establishing a QRM enterprise, this volume builds upon kaizen, TQM, TPM, and other practice to help organizations streamline all functions of their operation. It shows how to quickly introduce products, along with ways to rethink materials and production management.

Contents:

PART ONE: A New Way of Thinking Stems from One Principle

Chapter One: QRM: Not Just Another Buzzword

Chapter Two: Benefits of QRM

Chapter Three: The Response Time Spiral

Legacy of the Scale and Cost Management Strategies

PART TWO: Rethinking Production and Materials Management

Chapter Four: Reorganizing Production

Chapter Five: Structured Methodology for Implementing Cellular Manufacturing

Chapter Six: Creative Rethinking for Cellular Manufacturing

Chapter Seven: Capacity and Lot-Sizing Decisions

Chapter Eight: Material and Production Planning in the QRM Enterprise

Chapter Nine: POLCA

The New Material Control and Replenishment System for QRM

Chapter Ten: Customer and Supplier Relations

PART THREE: Rethinking Office Operations

Chapter Eleven: Principles of Quick Response for Office Operations

Chapter Twelve: Tools to Support Q-ROC Implementation

Chapter Thirteen: System Dynamics Principles for Quick Response

PART FOUR: QRM for Rapid New Product Introduction

Chapter Fourteen: Extending Quick Response to New Product Introduction

PART FIVE: Creating the QRM Enterprise

Chapter Fifteen: Management Mind-Set to Support QRM

Chapter Sixteen: Organizational Structure, Performance Measurement, and Cost Systems

Chapter Seventeen: Steps to Successful Implementation of a QRM Program

Appendix

Endnotes

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Originally published in 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781000285604

100028560X

9780367804909

0367804905

9781482278101

1482278103

OCLC:

765130915