Factory physics : foundations of manufacturing management / Wallace J. Hopp and Mark L. Spearman.
By: Hopp, Wallace J
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Contributor(s): Spearman, Mark L.
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BookPublisher: Boston : Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1996Description: xx, 668 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0256154643.Subject(s): Factory management | Production managementDDC classification: 658.5 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00094696 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085295 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A text for both engineering and management students on the principles governing the behavior of manufacturing systems and their relationship to management practice. After a brief introductory chapter, the volume is organized into three parts. Part I, The Lessons of History, provides a historical perspective and introduces traditional terms and techniques. Part II, Factory Physics, describes the fundamental behavior of manufacturing systems. Part III, Principles in Practice, develops a framework for integrating disparate manufacturing management problems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-656) and index.
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.