TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholas,John M.
TI  - Competitive manufacturing management: continuous improvement, lean production, customer-focused quality 
SN  - 0256217270
AV  - TS155 .N43 1998
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - Irwin/McGraw-Hill
KW  - Production management
KW  - Costs, Industrial
KW  - Quality control
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table of Contents; Part 1-Continuous Improvement, Waste Elimination, Customer Focus; Chapter 1-Race without a Finish Line; Chapter 2-Fundamentals of Continuous Improvement; Chapter 3-Value Added and Waste Elimination; Chapter 4-Customer-Focused Quality; Part 2-Elements of Lean Production; Chapter 5-Small Lot Production; Chapter 6-Set-Up Time Reduction; Chapter 7-Maintaining and Improving Equipment; Chapter 8-Pull Production Systems; Chapter 9-Simplifying Products and Processes; Chapter 10-Analysis and Design of Workcells; Chapter 11-Standard Operations; Part 3-Quality Products, Quality Processes; Chapter 12-Quality of Design; Chapter 13-Inspection and Acceptance Sampling; Chapter 14-Statistical Process Control; Chapter 15-Systems for Zero Defects; Part 4 -Simplified Production Planning and Control; Chapter 16-Achieving Level Production; Chapter 17-Balancing and Synchronizing Production; Chapter 18-Planning and Control in Pull Production; Part 5-Beyond The Production System; Chapter 19-Managing the Supply Chain; Chapter 20-Activity Based Costing; Chapter 21-Summary: Managing by Performance; Appendix; MRP -Based Planning, Scheduling, and Control
ER  -