In today's world of manufacturing, it's possible to be efficient but not profitable. How is this possible? While today's manufacturing process control is real time, enterprise management remains transactional, and accounting systems remain structured for early 1800s piecework. Why are almost all of the productivity gains in manufacturing arising from better automation and control of processes (continuous, batch, hybrid, or discrete) and not from better chemistry, design, management, or financial controls? This book shows you exactly why this has happened and just how to fix it. The author...
In today's world of manufacturing, it's possible to be efficient but not profitable. How is this possible? While today's manufacturing process cont...