Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times - Hardcover

Suri, Rajan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563272016 ISBN 13: 9781563272011

Publisher: Productivity Press, 1998

Synopsis

Developed by the author and now being employed by a number of businesses, Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition, aimed at a single target with the goal of reducing lead times. The key difference between QRM and other time-based programs is that QRM covers an entire organization, from the shop floor to the office, to sales and beyond. Providing guidelines for establishing a QRM enterprise, this volume builds upon kaizen, TQM, TPM, and other practice to help organizations streamline all functions of their operation. It shows how to quickly introduce products, along with ways to rethink materials and production management.

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Synopsis

Does your company need to implement speed to be competitive? Do you need to quickly develop new products, but just aren't doing it fast enough? Do you want more speed but find yourself bogged down with keeping track of 10,000 parts? or maybe you've even tried JIT but is doesn't seem to be working for you. Now you can discover what other top companies already know: Quick Response Manufacturing is a truly tested way of implementing and achieving a powerful competitive strategy based on speed. Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition (TBC) strategies which use speed for a competitive advantage. Essentially, QRM stems from a single principle-to reduce lead times. But here's the key difference that successfully sets QRM apart from other time-based programs: Quick Response Manufacturing is an approach for the entire organization - from the shop floor to the office, from reorganizing production to new product introduction, from accounting to performance measures, from purchasing to sales. In order to truly succeed with competing on speed, you must change the management mind-set and reduce lead times throughout the organization.

And for those of you who have invested in lean manufacturing programs. QRM does not require that you scrap these programs, QRM does not require that you scrap these programs. Instead, Q Response Manufacturing builds upon the ideas of kaizen, TQM, TPM, and others, making it an expansion of your companies quest for competitive strategies. So discover the power of speed. Quick Response Manufacturing is a broad and powerful corporate strategy that holds tremendous benefits for your entire organization.

Edition details

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1563272016
• ISBN 13: 9781563272011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 574