Optimizing Factory Performance

<p><i>TQM Reengineering Theory of Constraints JIT Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing . . .</i></p><p>These are just some of the methods that over the past five decades have promised to transform any manufacturing firm into a lean mean moneymaking machine. While each incorporates certain fundamental truths strengths and benefits they are not panaceas. Nor do they necessarily provide much-needed insight into the science that underlies factory performance.</p><p>James Ignizio Ph.D. an internationally recognized performance optimization expert believes that only a balanced approach will provide the significant and sustainable improvement required of firms who will survive and prosper in the twenty-first century.</p><p>In this breakthrough guide Dr. Ignizio picks up where such concepts as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing leave off to provide you with a holistic three-dimensional approach to mastering the art and science of manufacturing.</p><p>Focusing on the three primary enemies of factory performance-complexity variability and lackluster leadership-<i>Optimizing Factory Performance</i> cuts to the heart of the problem of less-than-world-class performance and demonstrates how those enemies manifest themselves in companies across manufacturing sectors. Ignizio also explores the insidious effect company politics and flagging commitment to manufacturing performance have on competitiveness.</p><p>Emphasizing the all-important often overlooked third dimension of manufacturing-factory protocols-Ignizio describes the types of strategicand tactical changes to physical plant and operating procedures any company can make to achieve performance improvements. In addition he arms you with powerful original metrics for measuring and comparing factory performance as well as a set of interactive simulation models available online at www.mhprofessional.com/ignizio.</p><p>Running throughout the book is an often amusing always instructive account of the fictional high-tech firm Muddle Inc. which helps support the concepts discussed in the real world of manufacturing while reinforcing key lessons learned.</p><p>Read <i>Optimizing Factory Performance</i> and find out how to transform your organization into the kind of fast agile manufacturer that delivers the right products to the right customers at the right time- every time.</p>