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World Class Manufacturing e-book
 A detailed description of the techniques from traditional work-to lists to lean manufacturing and total quality

To purchase this 41 page e-book on world class manufacturing by Phil Robinson including 25 illustrations (21 coloured) for just £4.95 (about US$8 or €7), click the image on the right.

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World Class Manufacturing - World class manufacturing is the key to achieving shorter lead times, lower inventory and on time in full delivery performance, measured in misses per million! This e-book will start by looking at best practice in traditional manufacturing practices before moving on to look at techniques under headings such as Lean Manufacturing, Just in Time, Total Quality (including Six Sigma) and so on (see contents list below).

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List of contents
World Class manufacturing
Traditional manufacturing
Setting Priorities
Valid, Current Work Order Due Dates
Work To List
The Reschedule Dilemma
Tracking
Kanban
  Kanban Concepts
  2 Bin Kanbans
  Kanban Card Loops
  E-Mail Kanbans
  Brand Name Vs Generic Kanbans
  Kanban Rules
  When to use Silver Bullets
  Traceability with Kanbans
  Kanban Size - priming the loop
  Benefits of Kanban Size Reduction
  Linking Kanban Loops
  Administration and control
  Backflushing Kanban Parts
  Kanbans and New Products
Continuous Improvement Principles
  Task Force Structure
  Pareto Analysis
  Paired Comparison
  Nominal Group Technique
  Data Gathering
Set-up Time Reduction
  The Best Set-up is No Set-up
  The Set-up Reduction Steps
Workplace Layout Improvement
"U" Shaped Lines
Business Process Re-engineering
Point of Use Storage
Housekeeping
Statistical Process Control and Tolerances
Built in Quality (including six sigma)
Cross Training
Preventative Maintenance
Team Working
Kaizen
Summary

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This e-book plus 10 more like it can be purchased together in the compendium book "Business Excellence - the integrated solution to manufacturing planning and control" price £24.90, about 45US$ / €37. . . more details


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