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World class manufacturing : the next decade building power,strength, and value / Richard J. Schonberger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : The Free Press, 1996.ISBN:
  • 0684823039
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.5 21
Contents:
1. Industrial Decline and Ascendancy -- 2. Building Strength Through Customer-Focused Principles -- 3. Best Manufacturerers: How They Rate -- 4. Improvement Pathways -- 5. Value and Valuation -- 6. The New Mastery of Mass Production - And Its Close Cousins -- 7. Strategic Linkages -- 8. Impediments: Bad Plant Design, Mismanagement of Capacity -- 9. Remaking Human Resource Management -- 10. Quality: Picture a Miracle -- 11. A Ten-Year Plan.
Summary: Since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping, managers have judged a company's worth by sales and profits. Now, Richard J. Schonberger, the architect of the worldwide Just-In-Time revolution, reaches beyond "financials" to redefine excellence - and reveals, with new benchmark data, how pioneers become dynasties. This book will be indispensable reading for manufacturing and general managers in all industries, as well as for pension fund managers, institutional investors, stock analysts, and stockbrokers.
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Includes index.

1. Industrial Decline and Ascendancy -- 2. Building Strength Through Customer-Focused Principles -- 3. Best Manufacturerers: How They Rate -- 4. Improvement Pathways -- 5. Value and Valuation -- 6. The New Mastery of Mass Production - And Its Close Cousins -- 7. Strategic Linkages -- 8. Impediments: Bad Plant Design, Mismanagement of Capacity -- 9. Remaking Human Resource Management -- 10. Quality: Picture a Miracle -- 11. A Ten-Year Plan.

Since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping, managers have judged a company's worth by sales and profits. Now, Richard J. Schonberger, the architect of the worldwide Just-In-Time revolution, reaches beyond "financials" to redefine excellence - and reveals, with new benchmark data, how pioneers become dynasties. This book will be indispensable reading for manufacturing and general managers in all industries, as well as for pension fund managers, institutional investors, stock analysts, and stockbrokers.