Creating Product Value: Putting Manufacturing on the Strategic Agenda (Financial Times) - Hardcover

Arnoud De Meyer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0273600222 ISBN 13: 9780273600220

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 1992

Synopsis

The nature of manufacturing has changed. It is not the transformation of components and raw materials into goods which is important, but the creation of value for the customer. Manufacturing therefore has to be looked at in a strategic way.

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Synopsis

The nature of manufacturing has changed. It is not the transformation of components and raw materials into goods which is important, but the creation of value for the customer. Manufacturing therefore has to be looked at in a strategic way. This book sets out to redefine productivity as creating value by using resources intelligently. It discusses the importance of high quality, consistent defect-free production and the need for cost efficient flexibility. It also considers such areas as integration, internationalization and implementation. It is aimed at general managers in charge of a division or company with a strong manufacturing activity; at senior manufacturing managers; and at consultants with a strongly developed activity in manufacturing stragegy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273600222
• ISBN 13: 9780273600220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 165