Flow Production with Throughput Time Management

Flow Production with Throughput Time Management
Author: Andre Kürzel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2016-08-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519010896

This book is meant to illustrate the advantages of flow production, bottleneck control and the minimization of buffers. These are accompanied by practical examples of how some internationally renowned organizations have approached and solved particular production problems.This book was "Amazon Bestseller No. 1" in Germany in the category "Procurement, Production & Logistics". English Translation: Kerstin RossContents* What should we learn from Toyota? * The traditional point of view * What does it take to be a good material requirements planner? * The supermarket checkout - a great place to gain insights * A jam always occurs at the narrowest point* The bottleneck - there can only be one* Pulling is better than pushing* Flow production - quite simpleAndre has published a number of articles and books over the years.Six of his books were "Amazon Best Sellers No 1" in their relevant categories in Germany.His eBook "Selbstmanagement" (self-management) achieved "New Release No 1" in the category "Leadership & Human Resource Management", while two of his other eBooks were simultaneously at number 1 and number 3 in the category "Procurement, Production and Insights".Mike Rother, world-renowned author of books on "Kata", "The Toyota Production System" and "Value Stream Mapping", personally congratulated Andre on his 2015 publication of "Produktionssystem, Fertigungssteuerung, Toyota und Kata", due to be released in English in 2016.

The Toyota Way of Dantotsu Radical Quality Improvement

The Toyota Way of Dantotsu Radical Quality Improvement
Author: Sadao Nomura
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2021-06-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000416631

In this book, author Sadao Nomura taps into his decades of experience leading and advising Toyota operations in a wide variety of operations to tell the story of radical improvement at Toyota Logistics & Forklift (TL&F). This book tells in great detail what the author did with TL&F, how they did it, and the dramatic results that ensued. TL&F has long been a global leader in its industry. TL&F is part of Toyota Industries Corporation, which was founded by Toyota Group founder Sakichi Toyoda almost 100 years ago. Sakichi Toyoda is legendary in the Lean community as the originator of the all-important "JIDOKA" pillar of TPS, which ensures 1) built-in quality and 2) respect for people through ensuring that technology works for people rather than the other way around. Although TL&F seemed to be performing well, insiders knew that, as the founding company of the Toyota group, it needed to do better, especially in the quality performance of its global subsidiary operations. But improvement would not be easy in a company that already prided itself in its history as an exemplar in providing highest quality products and services. In 2006, TL&F requested assistance from Sadao Nomura. The initial request was for Mr. Nomura to support quality improvement in three global operations that had become part of TL&F through acquisition: US, Sweden, and France. Improvement was expected at these affiliates, but the dramatic nature of the improvement was not. Further, the improvement activities were so powerful that they were also instituted at the parent operations in Japan. Over a period of almost ten years, the company with the name most associated with product quality experienced quality improvement unparalleled in its history. "Dantotsu" means "extreme," "radical," or "unparalleled."

Managing Business Process Flows

Managing Business Process Flows
Author: Ravi Anupindi
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This unique and comprehensive book presents a unifying paradigm for understanding operations, based in the belief that a large part of operations management is the design and management of business processes. The overall objective of the book is to demonstrate how managers can control process structure and process drivers to achieve desired business process performance. This framework is applied to understand which levels managers have to control: cycle time, capacity, inventory, and quality. Providing a conceptual and logically rigorous approach, Managing Business Process Flows discusses the subject in three steps: model and understand the process and its flows; study causal relationships between process structure and certain performance metrics; and formulate implications for managerial actions by filtering out managerial levers ("process drivers") and their impact on process performance. The book also identifies managerial levers, and establishes a connection between operational and financial measurements. An essential resource for all management professionals, especially Management Consultants specializing in operations and supply chains, Managers and VPs overseeing supply chains, and Plant Managers. ÿ

The Goal

The Goal
Author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2016-08-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351982117

Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a 'genius', Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems. This 20th anniversary edition includes a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford, Editor at Large, Fortune Small Business, which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors!

Production Flow Analysis for Planning Group Technology

Production Flow Analysis for Planning Group Technology
Author: John L. Burbidge
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1989
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Here is an in-depth account of one of the most important strategic tools available to manufacturing analysts. The author, a nationally known expert in the field, provides much needed guidance on production flow analysis, a new technique that will help save time and money by minimizing set-up times and reducing the size of buffering stocks of components. The volume demonstrates the use of route cards to achieve a total division of made components into families and a parallel division of existing machines into groups using previously established processing methods.

Production Control in Practice

Production Control in Practice
Author: Henny Van Ooijen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2024-05-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3527845895

Production Control in Practice Practice-oriented coverage of production planning and control processes for goods and services, written for any industry Production Control in Practice explores the operational control of production and inventory processes in organizations across industries, covering both tangible and intangible products and offering viable, efficient solutions to characteristic production control problems, such as what goods to produce when and how. A number of examples/stylized applications are included to help readers understand and apply the discussed concepts and theories to their own organizations. This book distinguishes between the control of production units and the control of goods flow between these units and the market and discusses various coordination and material supply control mechanisms relevant to supply chains. It also presents a typology of production situations found in practice, using a structured approach to discussing the relevant control decisions for each situation. This book is unique because (basic) control decisions are discussed for the different characteristic Decoupling Point Control and Production Unit Control situations from a holistic point of view, taking into account both mathematical considerations as well as various situational factors. Sample topics covered in Production Control in Practice include: Terminology and concepts used in production control, including complexity, uncertainty, and flexibility Types of release triggers, covering just-in-time versus just-in-case and push versus pull in logistics Horizontal and vertical decomposition, and time series-related forecasting for stationary demand versus demand with trend Order size, covering optimal batch size in case of fixed order size, relaxation of assumptions, and single period considerations MRP systems, covering Material Requirements Planning (MRP-I) and Manufacturing Resource Planning Systems (MRP-II) With excellent coverage of the subject across different products and industries and several examples to help readers follow along, Production Control in Practice is an ideal reference for bachelor students from universities of applied sciences and academic bachelor students, as well as practitioners in related disciplines.

Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management for Data-Driven, Intelligent, Collaborative, and Sustainable Manufacturing

Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management for Data-Driven, Intelligent, Collaborative, and Sustainable Manufacturing
Author: Ilkyeong Moon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2018-08-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319997041

The two-volume set IFIP AICT 535 and 536 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2018, held in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2018. The 129 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 149 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lean and green manufacturing; operations management in engineer-to-order manufacturing; product-service systems, customer-driven innovation and value co-creation; collaborative networks; smart production for mass customization; global supply chain management; knowledge based production planning and control; knowledge based engineering; intelligent diagnostics and maintenance solutions for smart manufacturing; service engineering based on smart manufacturing capabilities; smart city interoperability and cross-platform implementation; manufacturing performance management in smart factories; industry 4.0 - digital twin; industry 4.0 - smart factory; and industry 4.0 - collaborative cyber-physical production and human systems.

Production Management

Production Management
Author: Yacob Khojasteh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315394375

Inventory control is an essential task in production management. An effective inventory control can significantly reduce the holding cost and hence, total production cost. Selecting and implementing a suitable production control system plays an important role in inventory reduction and performance improvement of a production system. Since the introduction of Toyota’s just-in-time philosophy, pull control systems have been adopted by numerous companies worldwide, both in the manufacturing and service sectors. This book provides some recent developments in production management and presents modeling and analysis tools for pull production control systems. It contributes by combining theoretical findings and case study analysis results with a practical and contemporary view on how to effectively manage and control production systems. Each chapter in this book focuses on a specific topic in production control systems, allowing readers to identify the chapters that relate to their interests. More specifically, the book is presented in three sections. The first section focuses on the design and implementation aspects of the pull production control systems, as well as performance evaluation approaches for pull systems. The second section presents a recent and comprehensive literature review. Three different case studies on implementation of pull production control systems are presented in the last section. This book can be used as an essential source for students and scholars who need to specifically study the pull control systems. Since the superiority of these systems is controversial, the book can also provide an interesting and informative read for practitioners, managers, and employees who need to deepen their knowledge on pull production management systems.

ACCA P5 - Advanced Performance Management - Study Text 2013

ACCA P5 - Advanced Performance Management - Study Text 2013
Author: BPP Learning Media
Publisher: BPP Learning Media
Total Pages: 690
Release: 2011-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1445392178

This examiner-reviewed Study Text covers all that you need to know for P5. It features plenty of recent case studies illustrating key syllabus areas and questions to hone your understanding of what you have just read. This paper tests your application of knowledge so these studies and questions are key learning tools. You will also find up-to-date information on the latest management theories and techniques which feature highly in this paper. Then there are plenty of exam tips to guide your study and help you focus on what is essential to know. Now it's up to you.