Beyond World-Class Productivity Industrial Engineering Practice and Theory /

• Main Author: Sakamoto, Shigeyasu. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Engineering economy.; Business planning.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Organization/Planning.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-269-8

From the automotive industry to the semiconductor industry, manufacturers are suffering from an overabundance of automation methods that they cannot fully comprehend or afford, and glamorous leadership techniques that are simply not sustainable. In this respect, management has lost its way. Beyond W...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Changing Strategy for Productivity and Profitability Activity
• 2. Systematic Approach for Manufacturing Strategy
• 3. General Meaning of Engineering as It Relates to Management
• 4. Definition of Productivity/Requirements for Improving It
• 5. Three Dimensions of Productivity
• 6. Methods Design Concept
• 7. Work Measurement
• 8. White-Collar Productivity
• 9. MBM: Measurement/Monitoring Based Management
• 10. Changing for Productivity.