Table of Contents:
0. Factory Physics?
I: THE LESSONS OF HISTORY
1. Manufacturing in America
2. Inventory Control: From EOQ to ROP
3. The MRP Crusade
4. From the JIT Revolution to Lean Manufacturing
5. What Went Wrong?
II: FACTORY PHYSICS
6. A Science of Manufacturing
7. Basic Factory Dynamics
8. Variability Basics
9. The Corrupting Influence of Variability
10. Push and Pull Production Systems
11. The Human Element in Operations Management,
12. Total Quality Manufacturing
III: PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE
13. A Pull Planning Framework,
14. Shop Floor Control
15. Production Scheduling
16. Aggregate and Workforce Planning
17. Supply Chain Management
18. Capacity Management
19. Synthesis--Putting It All Together
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