Factory Physics - Hardcover

Hopp, Wallace; Spearman, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0256247951 ISBN 13: 9780256247954

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000

Synopsis

Comprehensive Introduction to Manufacturing Management text covering the behavior laws at work in factories. Examines operating policies and strategic objectives. Hopp presents the concepts of manufacturing processes and controls within a "physics" or "laws of nature" analogy--a novel approach. There is enough quantitative material for an engineer's course, as well as narrative that a management major can understand and apply.

About this title

From the Publisher

Increased number of assignment problems.
Job design and human factor material shortened.
Increase in illustrative graphics.
More solved examples illustrating key concepts.
Framework provides an intuitive understanding of the dynamics at work in manufacturing processes.
Theoretical and mathematical underpinnings are included in the appendixes.
Integrates within the framework detailed coverage of topics such a JIT, TQM, constraint theory, and other recent advances.

Synopsis

This title offers a comprehensive introduction to "Manufacturing Management" text covering the behavior laws at work in factories. It examines operating policies and strategic objectives. Hopp presents the concepts of manufacturing processes and controls within a "physics" or "laws of nature" analogy - a novel approach. There is enough quantitative material for an engineer's course, as well as narrative that a management major can understand and apply.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0256247951
• ISBN 13: 9780256247954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 720