Continuous Flow Manufacturing: Quality in Design and Processes

ISBN-13: 9780824796556 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 296 str.

Pierre C. Guerindon;Guerindon; P. Guerindon

Opis

This work presents the fundamental principles of continuous flow manufacturing, furnishing a corporate strategy and set of operating rules that help create an environment where continuous flow manufacturing can flourish. A 10-step methodology for converting a traditional factory to a continuous flow operation is provided, and conventional manufacturing techniques are compared with the continuous flow approach.

Spis treści

Strategies for a new era; the modernization vision; the continuous flow factory vision; automation for the continuous flow factory; overcoming the challenges of automation; comparing continuous flow and traditional factories; information systems for the continuous flow factory; taking action and realizing the gains; consolidating the gains of continuous flow manufacturing; justifying, approving and monitoring investment; creating a continuous flow factory; conclusion.

O autorze

Pierre C. Guerindon