Production planning and control / W. Bolton.
By: Bolton, W. (William).
Material type: BookPublisher: Harlow : Longman Scientific & Technical, 1994Description: x, 189 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0582228204 .Subject(s): Production management | Production control | Production planningDDC classification: 658.5Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00132037 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The planning and control of the production process represents a fundamental part of modern manufacturing technology. This book provides an essential introduction to the basic principles involved and is specially written for BTEC HNC/D programmes in mechanical and production engineering.
The aim is to give the reader a practical and comprehensive appreciation and understanding of the ways in which manufacturing companies are organised; the nature and diversity of engineering products; the organisation of production and the planning and control of production.
Production Planning and Control covers the BTEC units Control of Manu639-5
Manufacture U38/188 and Production Planning and Control U38/189.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index.
The manufacturing organisation -- Controlling -- Production organisation -- The product -- Quality control -- Work systems -- Demand forecasting -- Capacity management -- Project network analysis -- Production planning -- Batch processing -- Flow production -- Inventory management.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- 1 The manufacturing organisation
- 2 Controlling
- 3 Production organisation
- 4 The product
- 5 Quality control
- 6 Work systems
- 7 Demand forecasting
- 8 Capacity management
- 9 Project network analysis
- 10 Production planning
- 11 Batch processing
- 12 Flow production
- 13 Inventory management
- Appendix: assignment based learning
- Further Reading
- Answers to revision questions
- Index