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Manufacturing excellence : the competitive edge / T. Pfeifer ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Pfeifer, Tilo.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1994Edition: 1st English language ed.Description: viii, 571 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0412567806 .Subject(s): Production engineering | Production management | Quality controlDDC classification: 658.5
Contents:
Part One: Business strategies -- Competitive strategies for a global market -- Quality management as a corporate strategy -- Strategies for the introduction of a quality management system -- Part Two: Product development -- Supplier involvement in product development - risks and potentials -- The design workstation of the future - from initial design to NC programming -- Innovative software technologies for quality management -- Rapid prototyping: the way ahead -- Part Three: Production -- Resource-orientated design of production systems -- The key of efficient process and manufacturing sequences - technological development and innovation -- Superior tools as a basis for tomorrow's manufacturing -- Integrated quality inspections -- Part Four: Production plants -- Fast-precise-clean: the machine tool in the context of conflicting interests of economy and ecology -- The open controller - key element of high-performance production facilities -- Robotics in production systems -- Part Five: Environment -- Cooling lubricants - the ecological challenge facing production engineering -- Strategic cost/benefit evaluation of product development, production and waste disposal.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015930
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book presents the state-of-the-art in manufacturing engineering from the German perspective. Through the evaluation and analysis of the following 5 key issues: 1. Business Strategies. 2.Product Development. 3.Manufacturing Systems and Processes. 4.Production Plans. 5.The Environment, new manufacturing strategies to achieve a competitive edge are presented. The text is comprehensively supported by industrial examples from leading German and multi-national companies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-564) and index.

Part One: Business strategies -- Competitive strategies for a global market -- Quality management as a corporate strategy -- Strategies for the introduction of a quality management system -- Part Two: Product development -- Supplier involvement in product development - risks and potentials -- The design workstation of the future - from initial design to NC programming -- Innovative software technologies for quality management -- Rapid prototyping: the way ahead -- Part Three: Production -- Resource-orientated design of production systems -- The key of efficient process and manufacturing sequences - technological development and innovation -- Superior tools as a basis for tomorrow's manufacturing -- Integrated quality inspections -- Part Four: Production plants -- Fast-precise-clean: the machine tool in the context of conflicting interests of economy and ecology -- The open controller - key element of high-performance production facilities -- Robotics in production systems -- Part Five: Environment -- Cooling lubricants - the ecological challenge facing production engineering -- Strategic cost/benefit evaluation of product development, production and waste disposal.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • Business strategies: competitive process and quality management
  • Product development: reducing development cycles with respect to market and manufacturing
  • Production: resource-oriented organisation of production processes
  • Production plants: meeting ecological and economic requirements
  • Environment: ecological aspects in production technology
  • Appendix A Members of the working groups
  • Appendix B References
  • Appendix C
  • Index

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