Hopp, Wallace J. <br/><br/>
Factory physics :  foundations of manufacturing management / 
Wallace J. Hopp and Mark L. Spearman. 
 - Boston :  Irwin/McGraw-Hill,  1996. 
 - xx, 668 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-656) and index. 
<br/><br/>Factory physics? -- Part I: The lessons of history -- Manufacturing in America -- Inventory control: From EOQ to ROP -- The MRP cruscade -- The JIT revolution -- What went wrong -- Part II: Factory physics -- Objectives, measures and controls -- Basic factory dynamics -- Variability basics -- The corrupting influence of variability -- Push and pull production systems -- The human element in operations management -- Part III: Principles in practice -- Total quality manufacturing -- A pull planning framework -- Shop floor control -- Production scheduling -- Aggregate and workforce planning -- Inventory management -- Capacity management -- Synthesis - Pulling it all together. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0256154643 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Factory management<br/>Production management
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.5