Competitive manufacturing management : continuous improvement, lean production, customer-focused quality / John M. Nicholas.

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