Integrative Manufacturing: Transforming the Organization Through People, Process and Technology

Globalization, quality, and time-based competition have combined with economic, social, political, and technological changes to alter the nature of manufacturing processes and companies. As a result, organizations must consistently meet the demands to reduce costs, defects, and waste while increasing productivity and responsiveness.
Integrative Manufacturing provides an overview of strategic alternatives, advances in methodology and technology, breakthroughs in human resource management, managerial and operational processes, performance measurement, and more. This comprehensive resource details an integrative organizational approach and introduces a new paradigm, the "virtual enterprise," that your company can use to accomplish its improvement goals in all key functions and processes.
Author L. Scott Flaig also shows you how companies such as Walgreens, General Dynamics, and Xerox are implementing exciting innovations that enhance profits and performance. With this all-in-one guide to integrated manufacturing, you can understand specific industry segment issues and develop highly flexible and integrated solutions, select appropriate strategies for integrating new technology and methodologies into your organization, and create measurable strategies that go beyond competitive advantage to secure your company's market position.
Organizational transformation is a challenge that requires commitment and vision. Integrative Manufacturing provides the solution set for teamwork across the value chain through the integration of people, process, and technology. This thorough guide also identifies a dynamic and dependable manufacturing framework that will enable the enterprise to develop practices and partnerships that focus on the touchstone of manufacturing success: customer satisfaction.

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