World Class Manufacturing: The Lessons Of Simplicity Applied-used

In His Bestselling Book Japanese Manufacturing Techniques, Richard J. Schonberger Revolutionized American Manufacturing Theory And, More Important, Practice. In That Breakthrough Book, He Revealed That Japanese Manufacturing Excellence Was Not Culturally Bound. Offering The First Demystified Explanation Of The Simple Techniques That Fueled Japans Industrial Success, He Demonstrated How The Same Methods Could Be Put To Work As Effectively In U.S. Plants. Now, In World Class Manufacturing, Schonberger Returns To Tell The Success Stories Of Nearly 100 American Corporations Including Hewlettpackard, Harleydavidson, General Motors, Honeywell, And Uniroyal That Have Adopted The Famed Justintime Production And 'Total Quality Control' Strategies. Based On His Firsthand Experience As A Major Consultant To American Industry, He Examines How They Did It And Illustrates How The Same Concrete, Specific Steps Used By These Top Companies Can Be Implemented In Any Factory Today. Whats More, Schonberger Shows That His Bold Concepts And Reforms Apply Equally To All Industries, Whether The Product Is Computers, Pasta, Or Trucks, And To All Divisions From Manufacturing And Engineering To Accounting And Marketing. According To Schonberger, Worldclass Manufacturing Depends On Blended Management Rather Than Domination By A Separate Group Of Managers Which Marshalls Resources For Continual Rapid Improvement. To Achieve Worldclass Status, Companies Must Change Procedures And Concepts, Which In Turn Leads To Recasting Relations Among Suppliers, Purchasers, Producers, And Customers. Acknowledging The Difficulty Inherent In Such Changes, Schonberger Stresses That Employee Involvement And Interaction, Both On The Shop Floor And In The Decisionmaking/Problemsolving Process, Is Key. Wary Of Those Who View Improvement In Terms Of Modernizing Equipment, He Points Out That Making Maximum Use Of People And Current Machinery Is A Companys First Priority; Automation, If Necessary, Should Come Much Later. World Class Manufacturing Also Includes Schonbergers 17Point Action Agenda To Guide Innovators Toward Manufacturing Excellence, From Getting To Know The Customer To Cutting The Number Of Suppliers, Reducing Error In Production, And Deciding When And How To Automate. Indispensable For All Manufacturing Innovators Who Aim To Keep Ahead Of The Competition, This Inspiring, Groundbreaking Volume Does Much More Than Just Recommend Or Theorize About The New Manufacturing Approach. Plainly, Realistically, And Logically, It Explains How Its Done.