TY  - BOOK
AU  - McKay,Kenneth N.
AU  - Wiers,Vincent C.S.
TI  - Manufacturing excellence: renewal and rebirth 
T2  - Engineering management collection,
SN  - 9781606508527
AV  - TS155 .M355 2015
U1  - 658.5 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Momentum Press
KW  - Production management
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Organizational change
KW  - Automobile supplies industry
KW  - change management
KW  - collaborative design
KW  - management training
KW  - manufacturing management
KW  - operational excellence
KW  - organizational knowledge
KW  - people development
KW  - quality management
KW  - supply chain management
KW  - teamwork
KW  - Libros electronicos
N1  - Includes index; Introducing Ben -- Ben and Jake -- Strategy -- The instrument cluster -- Fear -- Mr. Big intervenes -- The contract -- Culture shock -- The grim reaper -- The new boss -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Shared fate -- What makes a line a good line? -- Setting examples -- See the light -- Teaching the basics -- The new incentive scheme -- Breaking the eggs to get an omelet -- Promotions and shutdowns -- Another contract -- Back at the factory -- Some last thoughts -- Teamwork -- Waste and reclamation -- Mentoring -- Cast, in alphabetical order -- Index; Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP
N2  - For years, automotive supplier GAFFER has been able to survive using its old management and production practices. But times have been changing and GAFFER's future looks bleak. Jake is a retired production planner, reflecting on his long history with the GAFFER factory and what is currently happening. He wonders how things might change as their main customer wants a completely new part to be not only produced, but also designed at GAFFER. Just when the old management is about to mess up the relationship with the customer, there is a new factory manager. He starts turning the factory around and Jake shares all of the juicy stories with his coffee mate, Ben
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