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Quick Response Manufacturing : A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times

Title: Quick Response Manufacturing : A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times
Author: Rajan Suri
ISBN: 1138196274 / 9781138196278
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 544
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2017
Availability: In Stock
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QUICK RESPONSE MANUFACTURING is a truly tested way of implementing and achieving a powerful competitive strategy based on speed.  Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition (TBC) strategies that use speed for a competitive advantage.  QRM stems from a single principle:  to reduce lead times.   What sets QRM apart from other time-based programs?  Quick Response Manufacturing is an approach for the entire organization - from the shop floor to the front office, from purchasing to sales.  In order to truly succeed with speed-based competition, you must adopt the approach throughout the organization.

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I : A New Way of Thinking Stems from One Principle
Chapter 1 : QRM : Not Just Another Buzzword
Chapter 2 : Benefits of QRM
Chapter 3 : The Response Time Spiral - Legacy of the Scale and Cost Management Strategies

Part II : Rethinking Production and Materials Management
Chapter 4 : Reorganizing Production
Chapter 5 : Structured Methodology for Implementing Cellular Manufacturing,
Chapter 6 : Creative Rethinking for Cellular Manufacturing
Chapter 7 : Capacity and Lot-Sizing Decisions
Chapter 8 : Material and Production Planning in the QRM Enterprise
Chapter 9 : POLCA -- The New Material Control and Replenishment System for QRM
Chapter 10 : Customer and Supplier Relations

Part III : Rethinking Office Operations
Chapter 11 : Principles of Quick Response for Office Operations
Chapter 12 : Tools to Support Q-ROC Implementation
Chapter 13 : System Dynamics Principles for Quick Response

Part IV : QRM for Rapid New Product Introduction
Chapter 14 : Extending Quick Response to New Product Introduction

Part V : Creating the QRM Enterprise
Chapter 15 : Management Mind-Set to Support QRM
Chapter 16 : Organizational Structure, Performance Measurement, and Cost Systems
Chapter 17 : Steps to Successful Implementation of a QRM Program

Appendix
Endnotes
About the Author
Index

 

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