Manufacturing System Throughput Excellence Analysis, Improvement, and Design

Concise and practical with a focus on executable approaches, Manufacturing System Throughput Excellence is the first book to systematically cover the topic of manufacturing throughputs, highlighting best practices for production management, maintenance management, and quality management, and explaining how they relate to system and process design. Drawing on over 25 years of industry experience, the author takes a methodical approach in walking readers through the topic, from defining the most common throughput issues to identify practical tools that can be used to resolve them. Early chapters introduce the concepts of throughputs, system performance, and the KPIs that are used to measure the success of a manufacturing system. The book then delves into topics like bottleneck analysis, system buffers, quality, reliability-centered maintenance, and throughput improvement methodology. Two concluding chapters are focused on design considerations that can have a positive impact on system throughputs. Numerous examples are included throughout and the liberal use of diagrams and illustrations helps to concisely explain key topics in a visual way. Each chapter ends with a summary, exercises, and discussion prompts to help readers of all levels better engage with the technical concepts presented.