Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning OrganizationThis book addresses the challenge that business managers face in building world class manufacturing organizations and argues that the flagging competitiveness of American manufacturing industries is as much the result of human and management factors as it is of intense competition and unsupportive economic policies. |
Contents
Rebuilding a Manufacturing Advantage | 1 |
Americas Manufacturing Heritage | 31 |
Organizing the Manufacturing Function | 96 |
Measuring Manufacturing Performance | 130 |
The HighPerformance Factory | 161 |
Controlling and Improving | 211 |
People Make It Happen | 242 |
Laying the Foundation for Product | 273 |
Managing Product and Process Development Projects | 304 |
Molding the New Manufacturing Company | 340 |
Analyzing Manufacturings Financial | 375 |
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