Process Discipline: How to Maximize Profitability and Quality Through Manufacturing Consistency - Hardcover

Bennett, Carole L.; Edelson, Norman M.

 
9780527763459: Process Discipline: How to Maximize Profitability and Quality Through Manufacturing Consistency
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0527763454 ISBN 13: 9780527763459
Publisher: Productivity Press, 1998

Synopsis

Process Discipline examines in detail all key process discipline components and shows you how to achieve near-perfect consistency of product through a rigorous, uncompromised focus on process knowledge, standardization, and control of change. From deploying "empowerment" in a control environment to handling the management issues of implementation, Edelson and Bennett provide the guidelines you need to create a successful process discipline system. A case study illustrates the concepts, rationale, and implementing guidelines for process discipline approach to process control.

Contents

Preface
CHAPTER 1: The Goal of Near-Perfect Consistency
CHAPTER 2: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Overview and Documentation
CHAPTER 3: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Training Systems Orientation
CHAPTER 4: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Audits
CHAPTER 5: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Control of Change
CHAPTER 6: Process Discipine Fundamentals: Experimenting on the Manufacturing Process
CHAPTER 7: The Role of Computers and Information Technology
CHAPTER 8: Management Issues
CHAPTER 9: Associated Technology Systems
CHAPTER 10: Cultural Issues
CHAPTER 11: Successful Implementation
GLOSSARY
INDEX

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Synopsis

This book examines in detail all the key process discipline components and shows you how to achieve near-perfect consistency of product through a rigorous, uncompromised focus on process knowledge, standardization, and control of change. From deploying 'empowerment' in a controlled environment to handling the management issues of implementation, the book provides the guidance you need to create a successful process discipline system. A case study illustrates the concepts, rationale, and implementing guidelines for the process discipline approach to process control.

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Publisher
Productivity Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0527763454
ISBN 13 
9780527763459
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224