The author has very ably condensed most of the principles of production management into a few pages and combined these with his observations about Japanese practices. The book provides a nice overview that would be appropriate for a science course at a university or science major or for a businessman who is not familiar with production practices but wishes to know more about it. The book also explains the Toyota Production System and its internationally known Kan-ban System in the context of the integrated Production Management. How the Toyota system has in practice given a new dimension to the concept and techniques of production management is the quintessence of the book.
Foreword
Part 1 : Basis of Production Management
Chapter 1 : Production Management
Chapter 2 : Production Format and Management
Chapter 3 : Production Management, Automation and Computerization
Chapter 4 : Production Management and The Worker
Chapter 5 : Strategy, Organization, and Production Management
Part 2 : Deployment of Production Management
Chapter 6 : Demand Fluctuation and Production Management
Chapter 7 : Work Standardization
Chapter 8 : Production Planning
Chapter 9 : Scheduling and Inventory Control
Chapter 10 : Integrated Production Management
Appendix : Significance of Toyota Production System in Modern Production Management
