Manufacturing excellence : renewal and rebirth /
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 happ...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Momentum Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Engineering management collection.
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Table of 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.