World Class Manufacturing: The Next Decade: Building Power, Strength, and Value
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476747342 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said Good and Not So Good Ideas; No Focus Whatsoever. Schonberger hits on several strong manufacturing ideas in this book, but overshadows these good points with a severe lack of focus. One comes away from this book with lots of buzzwords floating around in one's head, but no idea where to begin applying any of them, or what form such an application would take.The mantra of the book appears to be "do everything," when what a lost manufacturing manager needs is help on what are the (very few) key points of control in a system, how to identify them, and how to use them to powerful effect.The author would ha. What's the point? Lean Manufacturing Engineer Mr. Schonberger hoists the flag of what he calls 'Customer Focused Principles'- with all due respect to Covey's 'Principles' -and waits to see who salutes. He is still waiting.With much name dropping, plenty of abbreviations - see, I know the jargon, many cited 'conversations' - see I am scholarly, and many random and pointless narratives about various companies - see, I am really scholarly and connected, Mr. Schonberger manages to waste the readers time while managing to obfusticate the principle of Total Quality Management and Lean Manufacturing. I c. A Customer said Codifies manufacturing excellence. When Dick Schonberger first showed us a glimpse of the research that was going into this book, I could not wait to see "the real thing." This book is, like all his work, an important and major examination of what makes a manufacturing organization excellent. Built from "the numbers', as well as years of observations, Schonberger's work allows anyone - consultant, practitioner, teacher, executive - to understand the critical points at which a group defines its capabilities. HIs comprehensive References and Bilbliography show that he gets around; his ove
For front-tine associates to senior executives, Schonberger has written manufacturing's action agenda for the next decade. Since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping, managers have judged a company's worth by sales and profits. Schonberger, the architect of the worldwide Just-In-Time revolution, reaches beyond "financials" to redefine excellence -- and reveals, with new benchmark data, how pioneers become dynasties. In this immensely readable book, he captures these new metrics -- the true predictions of future success -- in 16 customer-focused principles created from self-scored reports supplied by over 100 pioneering manufacturers in nine countries. Now, Richard J. Armed with new world-class benchmark data, Schonberger redefines excellence in terms of competence, capability, and customer-focused, employee-driven, data-based performance. Schonberger's pathbreaking new research reveals that,
in Seattle, Washington, where he resides. Richard J. Schonberger, a world-renowned scholar, theoretician, and guru of production and manufacturing, is the author of the best-selling Japanese Manufacturing Techniques: Nine Hidden Lessons in Simplicity and World Class Manufacturing: The Lessons of Simplicity Applied. He is president of Schonberger & Associates, Inc.
Although academically grounded, this book will be of value to practitioners who seek to improve customer satisfaction. Now he surveys the state of manufacturing today in nine different countries. David Rouse. Schonberger developed 16 principles of "customer-focused, employee-driven, data-based performance" that companies can use to "score" themselves and evaluate their ability to satisfy the customer. He argues that, rather than financial indicators, two key measures consistently correlate with a company's strength. The other, customer satisfaction, is not. From Booklist Schonberger was one of those who made early note of Japanese manufacturing methods, in JapaneseManufacturingTechniques:NineHiddenLessons in Simplicity (1982). He uses the results of scoring done for almost 140 manufacturers to provide benchmarks for other compani