ISBN-13: 9780470609576 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 258 str.
Focuses on rapid implementation of practical, real-world cost reduction solutions In today's economic climate, the need to cut costs can be the difference between success and failure. Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies covers all major cost reduction areas, providing easy to read examples and advice on steps to take. It provides the roadmap for implementing recommended actions with true and tried methods by taking a modern, all-inclusive look at manufacturing processes. Based on the author's cost reduction experience gained during 30 years of senior operations and consulting engagements with hundreds of organizations, this book includes easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement cost reduction concepts organized into five general areas --labor, material, design, process, and overhead. Each chapter:
Focuses on rapid implementation of practical, real–world cost reduction solutionsIn today′s economic climate, the need to cut costs can be the difference between success and failure. Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies covers all major cost reduction areas, providing easy to read examples and advice on steps to take. It provides the roadmap for implementing recommended actions with true and tried methods by taking a modern, all–inclusive look at manufacturing processes. Based on the author′s cost reduction experience gained during 30 years of senior operations and consulting engagements with hundreds of organizations, this book includes easy–to–understand and easy–to–implement cost reduction concepts organized into five general areas ––labor, material, design, process, and overhead.Each chapter: