Reorganizing the Factory: Competing Through Cellular Manufacturing (Comprehensive, Life-Cycle Approach to Implementing Cells in) - Hardcover

Hyer, Nancy; Wemmerlov, Urban

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563272288 ISBN 13: 9781563272288

Publisher: Productivity Press, 2001

Synopsis

Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize!Reorganizing work processes into cells has helped many organizations streamline operations, shorten lead times, increase quality, and lower costs. Cellular manufacturing is a powerful concept that is simple to understand; however, its ultimate success depends on deciding where cells fit into your organization, and then applying the know-how to design, implement and operate them. Reorganizing the Factory presents a thoroughly researched and comprehensive "life cycle" approach to competing through cellular work organizations. It takes you from the basic cell concept and its benefits through the process of justifying, designing, implementing, operating, and improving this new type of work organization in offices and on the factory floor. The book discusses many important technical dimensions, such as factory analysis, cell design, planning and control systems, and principles for lead time and inventory reduction. However, unique to the literature, it also covers in depth the numerous managerial issues that accompany organizing work into cells. In most implementations, performance measurement, compensation, education and training, employee involvement, and change management are critically important. These issues are often overlooked in the planning process, yet they can occupy more of the implementation time than do the technical aspects of cells. Includes: Why do cells improve lead time, quality, and cost? Planning for cell implementation Justifying the move to cells, strategically and economically Designing efficient manufacturing and office cells Selecting and training cell employees Compensation system for cell employees Performance and cost measurement Planning and control of materials and capacity Managing the change to cells Problems in designing, implementing, and operating cells Improving and adapting existing cells Structured frameworks and checklists to help analysis and decision-making Numerous examples of cells in various industries

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Review

"This book will serve as a field-guide for companies who are looking to increase throughput, decrease cost, reduce inventories and leadtimes. Many books I have read have merely touched on the subject of cellular manufacturing, which on the surface appears to be an easy concept to grasp, however as any brown field practitioner will tell you; cell implementation is destined for failure or mediocre results without an understanding of the cultural and systemic changes required to enable and sustain the gain. In Reorganizing the Factory, Hyer and Wemmerlov have decoded the DNA of cellular manufacturing to ensure maximum results and sustainability."

Synopsis

Cellular Production systems have steadily gained in popularity over the past two decades. Reorganizing work processes into cells has helped many organizations improve lead times, lower costs, and increase quality and competitiveness. Cellular manufacturing is a powerful concept that is relatively simple to understand; however, its ultimate success or failure depends on deciding where cells fit into your organization, and then applying the know-how to effectively design and implement them. Reorganizing the Factory presents a thoroughly researched, comprehensive discussion of the many related issues you must address if you are going to create what Hyer and Wemmerlov call the cell advantage. Unique in literature, Reorganizing the Factory includes a focus on the managerial issues that accompany organizing work into cells. The authors have found that in most implementations, issues such as measurement, compensation, training, employee involvement, and labor resistance are critically important. These issues are often overlooked in the planning process, yet they can occupy more of the implementation time than the technical aspects of forming cells.

This detailed and comprehen 'life cycle' approach will take you from basic concepts and advantages of cells through the process of justifying, designing, implementing, operating, and improving this new type of work organization within your own environment. Contents include: Justification of cells (including economic) Designing efficient manufacturing cells Administrative cells Operation of cell systems Selecting and training cell employees Compensation systems for cell employees Common implementation pitfalls and strategies to avoid them Ensuring cells are continually adapting to the dynamics of competition Detailed examples of industry application and check sheets for action.

Edition details

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563272288
• ISBN 13: 9781563272288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 874