In this successor to the widely acclaimd Reinventing The Factory, Productivity expert Roy Harmon expands on the revolution-ary concept of "factores-within-a-factory" with examples and proven techniques drawn from more than 2000 focused factories on six continents. Challenging current fads such as statistical quality control and outdated versions of computer integrated manufacturing as hopelessly complex, Harmon presents 50 new case examples of such methods as fail-safe product and process quality, empowerment of subplant teams, cross-training, new generation accounting systems, and increasing existing hidden factory capacity.
Harmon pays special attention to aggressive capacity investment policy, as well as the necessity for speed in the development and implementation of advanced productivity techniques. Throughout the pipeline, he argues, the unifying goal should be the cooperative, speedy planning and execution of all aspects of production improvements as a foundation for superb customer service. Yesterday's big, complex factories cannot compete with the simplified, independent work teams of today. To stay competitve, Western industry must switch from a "can do" attitude to a "can do better" spirit.
1. Management Perspective: Strategy, and productivity
2. Strategic Planning: The Manufacturing Network
3. Managing and Supervising the Focused Factory
4. Supplier Network: Pipline to Prfit
5. Faster, Better Product Design: The Second Wave
6. Quality Engineering: Replacement for Quality Control
7. Cost Management for Focused Subplants
8. Capacity: Constraint or Opporunity?---Plus Other Factory
Issues
9. Instant, Free Machine Maintenance and Repair
10. Conclusion