How will autonomous agents, emergent systems, and chaos theory change the way we live and work in the twenty-first century? As today's manufacturing and production systems grow increasingly complex, tomorrow's science of complexity will produce paradoxically simple solutions, argue technology experts Patricia Moody and Richard Morley in this astonishing vision of the year 2020. Containing both cutting-edge insights and simple truths that provide a roadmap to the future of business -- and illustrated by case examples from such companies as Motorola, Honda, GM, Solectron, Intel, Silicon...
How will autonomous agents, emergent systems, and chaos theory change the way we live and work in the twenty-first century? As today's manufacturing a...
"The authors of the widely acclaimed "The Purchasing Machine" deliver an eye-opening look at the power of supply management with " The Incredible Payback."
This timely book presents amazing success stories from best-of-the-best procurement organizations like Honda, Delphi, John Deere, and others.
Using the same cost-management strategies implemented at these leading organizations, "The Incredible Payback"shows how any company can reap benefits including:
* saving up to 30 percent on material and service expenses
* leveraging technology to accelerate savings
*...
"The authors of the widely acclaimed "The Purchasing Machine" deliver an eye-opening look at the power of supply management with " The Incredible ...
Most manufacturing companies with batch-and-queue "push" production systems have been blindsided by today's consumer who expects quality products and services delivered on demand and customized to individual taste. In The Perfect Engine, manufacturing experts Anand Sharma and Patricia E. Moody describe for the first time how leading "pull" production pioneers build to order by reducing inventory, decreasing cycle time, minimizing floor space, and eliminating waste. Drawing on scores of examples and detailed case studies of three leaders in the demand economy field -- Maytag,...
Most manufacturing companies with batch-and-queue "push" production systems have been blindsided by today's consumer who expects quality products and ...
"A business book that's entertaining, offbeat, plus need-to-know." Jack O'Connor, Publisher, "Purchasing magazine"
.."a memorably story filled with powerful and proven approaches for companies to leverage their spend..." David P. Steiner, CEO, Waste Management
..".practical understanding of supply chain management." Jack Healy, Director, Mfg. Extension Partnership
..".strategic sourcing suggestions offer guidance to executives who want to attack and eliminate excess costs in the supply chain." David Drickhamer, Editor-In-Chief, Material Handling Management
"A business book that's entertaining, offbeat, plus need-to-know." Jack O'Connor, Publisher, "Purchasing magazine"
Every day companies leave billions of dollars in invisible, unrealized savings on the table because of poor supply chain management practices. Now supply management experts Dave Nelson, Patricia E. Moody, and Jonathan Stegner show not only how leading companies recoup these savings through their mastery of target costing, value engineering, and supplier development, but how supply chain management -- the discipline of acquiring and moving material -- has become a manufacturing company's hottest competitive weapon. Based on a survey of 247 purchasing managers and more than 1,000 hours of...
Every day companies leave billions of dollars in invisible, unrealized savings on the table because of poor supply chain management practices. Now sup...
