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Factory Physics

Factory Physics
Hardcover
Edition:
3
Authors:
Wallace J. Hopp
Mark L. Spearman
Publisher:
Waveland Pr Inc
Release Date:
2011
ISBN-10:
1577667395
ISBN-13:
9781577667391

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About Factory Physics

"Our economy and future way of life depend on how well American manufacturing managers adapt to the dynamic, globally competitive landscape and evolve their firms to keep pace. A major challenge is how to structure the firm s environment so that it attains the speed and low cost of high-volume flow lines while retaining the flexibility and customization potential of a low-volume job shop. The book's three parts are organized according to three categories of skills required by managers and engineers: basics, intuition, and synthesis. Part I reviews traditional operations management techniques and identifies the necessary components of the science of manufacturing. Part II presents the core concepts of the book, beginning with the structure of the science of manufacturing and a discussion of the systems approach to problem solving. Other topics include behavioral tendencies of…

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