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The Small Manufacturer's Toolkit: A Guide to Selecting the Techniques and Systems to Help You Win

Title: The Small Manufacturer's Toolkit: A Guide to Selecting the Techniques and Systems to Help You Win
Author: Stephen Novak
ISBN: 0849328837 / 9780849328831
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 450
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2006
Availability: In Stock
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The Small Manufacturer's Toolkit: A Guide to Selecting the Techniques and Systems to Help You Win guides you through the management philosophies and process improvement techniques that are constantly being promoted, enabling you to make informed choices.

Following an introductory chapter, the author addresses fundamental inventory management and planning tools, including the Sales Operations Planning process that bridges the high-level strategic plan and the midrange master production schedule. The book then discusses Lean Manufacturing and the often accompanying Six Sigma, as well as the aspects of the Theory of Constraints that may cause confusion and prevent implementation.

The book reviews many of the most popular quality tools and quality management systems, fostering and understanding of what should be the foundation of any organization. The text also explores project management, and examines the requirements surrounding the implementation and use of ERP systems. It emphasizes awareness and application of Supply Chain Management techniques, and covers productive E-Commerce related applications. The book concludes by providing a diagnostic tool that helps you determine which tools, are valid for your organization.
 

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  • Analyzes the major management philosophies and process improvement techniques
  • Discusses TQM, quality metrics, and quality tools such as ISO 9000 and the Malcolm Baldrige National Qualtiy Award
  • Explains when to approach a task as a project and how to apply project management techniques
  • Details the education, training, and maintenance needed to support an ERP system
  • Explores aspects of E-Commerce including EDI, B2B and B2C Web applications, and inventory and operations planning

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Dedication

Chapter 1 : Assembling Your Toolkit

  • 1.1 : Knowledge is Power
  • 1.2 : Assembling Your Tools
  • 1.3 : Challenges of the Small Manufacturer


SECTION I : MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Chapter 2 : The Basics: Are You at the Starting Line?

  • 2.1 : Inventory Basics
  • 2.2 : Master Production Scheduling
  • 2.3 : Materials Requirements Planning
  • 2.4 : Warehousing Basics

Chapter 3 : Sales and Operation Planning: Know Where You're Going

  • 3.1 : Volume versus Mix
  • 3.2 : The Sales and Operations Planning Process
  • 3.3 : The Sales Plan
  • 3.4 : The Operations Plan
  • 3.5 : The Financial Plan
  • 3.6 : Tying It all Together
  • 3.7 : What It Takes to Get Started

SECTION II : MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
Chapter 4 : Lean Manufacturing: Power Tools!

  • 4.1 : Lean on the Shop Floor
  • 4.2 : Terms and Techniques
  • 4.3 : Planning in a Lean Environment
  • 4.4 : Maintenance
  • 4.5 : The Lean Enterprise - Not Just for Manufacturing
  • 4.6 : The Lean Supply Chain
  • 4.7 : A Little Lean

Chapter 5 : Six Sigma for the Little Guy: Uh-Oh - Math

  • 5.1 : Sigma
  • 5.2 : The Normal Distribution
  • 5.3 : More about Those Sigmas
  • 5.4 : Six Sigma Performance
  • 5.5 : DMAIC/PDCA
  • 5.6 : Customer Focus
  • 5.7 : Just the Facts
  • 5.8 : Green Belts, Black Belts, and Beyond
  • 5.9 : Project Selection
  • 5.10 : More Six Sigma Tools
  • 5.11 : Where to Start

Chapter 6 : Theory of Constraints: Think!

  • 6.1 : A Note on The Goal
  • 6.2 : Drum-Buffer-Rope
  • 6.3 : The Five Focusing Steps
  • 6.4 : Throughput and Throughput Accounting
  • 6.5 : The Thinking Processes

Chapter 7 : Quality Tools: You've Heard About Them; What Are They?

  • 7.1 : Total Quality Management (TQM)
  • 7.2 : Statistical Process Control
  • 7.3 : ISO 9000
  • 7.4 : The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
  • 7.5 : The Quality Organization
  • 7.6 : Metrics

SECTION III : MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS
Chapter 8 : Project Management: You're Gonna Do It; Do It Right

  • 8.1 : Project Phases
  • 8.2 : Project Scope
  • 8.3 : Resources
  • 8.4 : Risk Management
  • 8.5 : Miscellaneous Issues
  • 8.6 : Critical Chain Project Management

Chapter 9 : ERP: Information at the Speed of Light

  • 9.1 : What is ERP and Why Would I Want It?
  • 9.2 : History and Evolution
  • 9.3 : Modules and Functions
  • 9.4 : Selection
  • 9.5 : Education and Training
  • 9.6 : Implementation
  • 9.7 : Maintenance

Chapter 10 : Supply Chain Management: You're Not Alone

  • 10.1 : You Don't Operate in a Vacuum
  • 10.2 : Supply Chain Management
  • 10.3 : Plossl's Seven Supply Chain Points

Chapter 11 : E-Commerce: Entering the 21st Century

  • 11.1 : E-Commerce is not Just Creating a Web Site
  • 11.2 : EDI and Sons
  • 11.3 : World Wide Web : Two Sides of the Coin
  • 11.4 : The Back End is Just as Important as the Front End
  • 11.5 : Inventory and Operations Planning

SECTION IV : DIAGNOSTICS AND DECISIONS
Chapter 12 : Now What?

  • 12.1 : Which Tools are Right for Me?
  • 12.2 : Application of Tools
  • 12.3 : E-Commerce
  • 12.4 : Service - Your Competitive Weapon (But I'm a Manufacturer!)
  • 12.5 : The Last Word

Appendix A : References and Resources
Appendix B : Normal Distribution versus Sigma Conversion
Index

 

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