Making Common Sense Common Practice: Models for Manufacturing Excellence - Hardcover

Moore, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884158993 ISBN 13: 9780884158998

Publisher: Gulf Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Now companies that are searching for the best ways to make more money in their manufacturing business can turn to "Making Common Sense Common Practice" to show them how. By disclosing the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents models for achieving world-class performance.

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Review

"This book is now in its third edition and so clearly its author is doing something right . There are good reasons why it is doing so well. First, it is written in a good, no-nonsense, trade-style, which will undoubtedly appeal to practicing managers - thus it is written in a 'how to' style - for example, there is a section on "Steps to Manufacturing Excellence". Second as well as being written in an engaging manner for practicing managers it alludes to a sufficient range of academic material to please academics who might also be interested in manufacturing. Third, it is timely because it is written at a time of crisis for many countries in terms of the demise of their manufacturing bases.
The book is written in an interesting style, combining in-depth insights where necessary and more succinct, bullet-style approaches, where appropriate.
Ron Moore has used life-like (though not real) cases as a core theme that runs through each of the chapters and this device works well. It brings cohesion and integration to the range of topic areas."
- Steve Brown, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter, UK, April 2006

From the Publisher

Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a fictional company called Beta International, the book illustrates the success and failures of the world's premier manufacturers, illustrating a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing company.Through the experience of Beta International, you'll see how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, and improve many other aspects that ultimately raise your company's performance to the level of world-class. Making Common Sense Common Practice takes a good, hard look at plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training and even offers a chapter on how to implement a computerized maintenance management system.In today's tough competitive markets, Making Common Sense Common Practice greatly enhances your company's chance to succeed - and profit. EDITIONNUMBER: 11

Edition details

• Publisher: Gulf Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0884158993
• ISBN 13: 9780884158998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 354