Manufacturing excellence : renewal and rebirth / Kenneth N. McKay and Vincent C.S. Wiers.

By: McKay, Kenneth N, 1953- [author.]Contributor(s): Wiers, Vincent C. S [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Engineering management collectionPublisher: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 134 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781606508527Subject(s): Production management -- Case studies | Organizational change -- Case studies | Automobile supplies industry -- Case studies | change management | collaborative design | management training | manufacturing management | operational excellence | organizational knowledge | people development | quality management | supply chain management | teamworkGenre/Form: Libros electronicos.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 658.5 LOC classification: TS155 | .M355 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introducing Ben -- Ben and Jake -- Strategy -- The instrument cluster -- Fear -- Mr. Big intervenes -- The contract -- Culture shock -- The grim reaper -- The new boss -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Shared fate -- What makes a line a good line? -- Setting examples -- See the light -- Teaching the basics -- The new incentive scheme -- Breaking the eggs to get an omelet -- Promotions and shutdowns -- Another contract -- Back at the factory -- Some last thoughts -- Teamwork -- Waste and reclamation -- Mentoring -- Cast, in alphabetical order -- Index.
Abstract: For years, automotive supplier GAFFER has been able to survive using its old management and production practices. But times have been changing and GAFFER's future looks bleak. Jake is a retired production planner, reflecting on his long history with the GAFFER factory and what is currently happening. He wonders how things might change as their main customer wants a completely new part to be not only produced, but also designed at GAFFER. Just when the old management is about to mess up the relationship with the customer, there is a new factory manager. He starts turning the factory around and Jake shares all of the juicy stories with his coffee mate, Ben.
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Introducing Ben -- Ben and Jake -- Strategy -- The instrument cluster -- Fear -- Mr. Big intervenes -- The contract -- Culture shock -- The grim reaper -- The new boss -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Shared fate -- What makes a line a good line? -- Setting examples -- See the light -- Teaching the basics -- The new incentive scheme -- Breaking the eggs to get an omelet -- Promotions and shutdowns -- Another contract -- Back at the factory -- Some last thoughts -- Teamwork -- Waste and reclamation -- Mentoring -- Cast, in alphabetical order -- Index.

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For years, automotive supplier GAFFER has been able to survive using its old management and production practices. But times have been changing and GAFFER's future looks bleak. Jake is a retired production planner, reflecting on his long history with the GAFFER factory and what is currently happening. He wonders how things might change as their main customer wants a completely new part to be not only produced, but also designed at GAFFER. Just when the old management is about to mess up the relationship with the customer, there is a new factory manager. He starts turning the factory around and Jake shares all of the juicy stories with his coffee mate, Ben.

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