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Manufacturing excellence : renewal and rebirth / Kenneth N. McKay and Vincent C.S. Wiers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Engineering management collectionPublisher: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 134 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781606508527
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 658.5 23
LOC classification:
  • TS155 .M355 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Abstract: 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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Hello, I'm Jake, a retired production planner. I've been talking to my coffee mate Ben about the factory where I have spent the better part of my life. Believe me, I have seen things go well and even more go very wrong. I'm outside the gate now, but the grapevine is keeping me up to date. Which is why I know that the factory is heading into oblivion, as management does not seem to understand commonsense principles and they are testing the patience of their main customer. But wait, things look like they might change when new management is brought in. This new plant manager might change things around, and thanks to my old friends we can keep on top of things. Do you want to hear my story? The concepts imbedded in the factory's journey capture the leading practices in progressive and proactive management. The commonsense concepts embody the philosophy of collaboration, shared fate, mutual respect, and leveraging the intellectual capital that exists in each and every factory. This book is for you if you want your factory to survive and thrive!

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.

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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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