Ebook: Manufacturing excellence : renewal and rebirth
Author: McKay Kenneth N., Wiers Vincent C.S
- Tags: Manufacturing industries, Factory management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Industrial Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Organizational Behavior
- Series: Engineering management collection
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Momentum Press
- Language: English
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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, butRead more...
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