Continuous Flow Manufacturing

Quality in Design and Processes
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-8247-9655-6
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing

This work presents the fundamental principles of continuous flow manufacturing, furnishing a corporate strategy and set of operating rules that help create an environment where continuous flow manufacturing can flourish. A 10-step methodology for converting a traditional factory to a continuous flow operation is provided, and conventional manufacturing techniques are compared with the continuous flow approach.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guerindon, Pierre C.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Fertigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Strategies for a new era; the modernization vision; the continuous flow factory vision; automation for the continuous flow factory; overcoming the challenges of automation; comparing continuous flow and traditional factories; information systems for the continuous flow factory; taking action and realizing the gains; consolidating the gains of continuous flow manufacturing; justifying, approving and monitoring investment; creating a continuous flow factory; conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Pierre C. Guerindon