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Author Relyea, Douglas B

Title Popular Manufacturing Myths : Eliminating Widely Held Beliefs That Reduce Competitiveness
Published Portland : CRC Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (133 pages)
Contents Chapter 1 -- Introduction to Manufacturing Myths -- chapter 2 -- Expectational Myths -- chapter 3 -- Data Myths -- chapter 4 -- Our Process Is Different -- chapter 5 -- Measurement Process Myths -- chapter 6 -- Only Adjust One Process Parameter at a Time -- chapter 7 -- Raw Material Myths -- chapter 8 -- Addendum
Summary Addressing the beliefs and attitudes that can be detrimental to your organization's competitiveness, Popular Manufacturing Myths: Eliminating Widely Held Beliefs That Reduce Competitiveness offers time-tested insight into the most common myths encountered in manufacturing environments. It classifies these myths into management myths, shop floor myths, and if appropriate, shared management and shop floor myths.Explaining the reasons why these deeply ingrained beliefs exist, the book outlines remedies that can help to quickly dispel them within your organization. It presents case studies that examine these myths and includes numerous real-world examples that outline simple, yet effective, solutions. Some of the myths dispelled in this book include:
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Subject Manufacturing processes.
Competition
Profit.
manufacturing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Competition
Manufacturing processes
Profit
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781466566897
1466566892