Handbook of production management methods / Gideon Halevi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halevi, Gideon, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Production management.

Manufacturing processes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique book provides a guide to the selection of appropriate production and manufacturing methods for postgraduate and professional manufacturing engineers.It starts by helping the reader to identify the required objectives of industrial management for their particular situation. Having identified the objectives an analytical assessment of the available production and management methods is made. The analytical system presents an objective method of production selection. For example, this practical book will help the reader to decide whether or not a local Just-in-Time process is n

Contents:

Front Cover; Handbook of Production Management Methods; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Trends in manufacturing methods; Chapter 2. List of manufacturing methods; 2.1 List of manufacturing methods; 2.2 Classification of methods by type; 2.3 Mapping the methods by main class; Chapter 3. Mapping systems; 3.1 Mapping by method objective; 3.2 Mapping by functions that the method focuses on; 3.3 Mapping the manufacturing methods; Chapter 4. Decision-making - method selection; 4.1 Objective grading tables; 4.2 Function grading tables

4.3 General selection method - based on the decision table technique4.4 Summary; Chapter 5. 110 manufacturing methods; 5.1 Introduction to manufacturing methods; 5.2 Brief descriptions of the 110 manufacturing methods; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611022037

9781281022035

1281022039

9780080523101

0080523102

OCLC:

476073653