Manufacturing - General & Miscellaneous, Organizational Behavior - General & Miscellaneous, General & Heavy Industry - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Increasing competitiveness is vitally important in today's world of manufacturing. For many companies, achieving dramatic improvements in productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability result from applying the latest advances in planning and control systems. If your company has not taken a serious look at its manufacturing planning and control system in the last few years, there is an excellent chance that significant improvements are possible. In the third edition of Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems, state-of-the-art concepts and proven techniques are combined to offer a practical solution to enhancing the manufacturing process. Each of the book's central themes - master planning, material requirements planning, inventory management, capacity management, production activity control, and just-in-time - have been updated to reflect the newest ideas and practices. The authors show you how to take advantage of recent advances and produce goods and services more efficiently. They offer insightful explanations and directions for just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, master production scheduling, distribution requirements planning, and flexible manufacturing systems. Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems is specifically written to aid readers studying for the APICS certification examination. Every chapter has been revised and updated. It details cutting-edge information and techniques on rapidly changing areas like JIT/MRP integration, process industry applications, and production activity control (PAC). Because the JlT process is so vital to today's manufacturing process, it has been integrated into most of the chapters of this new edition. Chapter 9 in particular deals with integrating MRP and JIT. Whether you're studying for the APICS certification examination or looking for ways to improve your existing manufacturing process, Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems is the resource to turn to.Chock-full of sample problems and charts to illustrate key concepts, this guide covers the basics of time phased records.
Editorials
Booknews
Central themes are master planning, material requirements planning, inventory management, capacity management, production activity control, and just-in-time. Each has been updated for this edition (previous eds., 1984 & 1988) to reflect new ideas and practices as the manufacturing world moves toward the "zero everything" (zero inventory, lead time, defects, waste) vision of the future. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 1, 1991
Publisher
Irwin Professional Publishing
Pages
900
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781556236082