Running Today's Factory

Running Today's Factory by Charles Standard and Dale Davis presents a proven approach to manufacturing management using scientific reasoning, clever analogies, and practical case examples. It strips away the mystery of lean manufacturing and provides clear principles for running today's factory. The authors use their extensive experience to illustrate how lean thinking leads to good manufacturing decisions that can be backed up with sound scientific reasoning.

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
The Manufacturing Challenge	p. 9
What's So Tough About Running a Factory?	p. 27
Lean Manufacturing Overview	p. 49
Factory Physics Basics	p. 73
Manufacturing as a Management Strategy	p. 95
Operational Stability and Continual Improvement	p. 117
Just-In-Time Production	p. 137
Pull Production Control	p. 159
Achieving Quality at the Source	p. 179
Quick Setup and Small Lot Production	p. 207
Measuring Today's Factory	p. 225
Transforming Today's Factory	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 283
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