Making Common Sense Common Practice

Ron Moore

ISBN 10: 0750678216 / ISBN 13: 9780750678216

Verlag: Elsevier Science and Technology, GB, 2004

Beschreibung

Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a case study of a fictional company called Beta International, Moore illustrates how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, and improve many other aspects that ultimately raise your company's performance to the level of world-class. "Making Common Sense Common Practice" takes a good, hard look at plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training, and implementing a computerized maintenance management system. In discussing the successes and failures of the world's premier manufacturers, Moore outlines a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing company. In today's tough competitive markets, "Making Common Sense Common Practice" greatly enhances your company's chance to succeed - and profit. The third edition features updating plus new sections on innovation, change management, and leadership. It presents proven models for achieving world-class performance based on real-life case histories.The highly readable, concrete style brings the key points to life through a case study of a fictitious organization, Beta International, which runs throughout the book, based on real case histories.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780750678216

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Making Common Sense Common Practice
• Verlag: Elsevier Science and Technology, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0750678216
• ISBN-13: 9780750678216
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: 3. Auflage
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Presenting the best practices of the best manufacturing companies in the world, this book presents proven models for achieving world-class performance. Using a case study of a fictional company called Beta International, Moore illustrates how to increase uptime, lower costs, increase market share, maximize asset utilization, apply benchmarks and best practices, and improve many other aspects that ultimately raise your company's performance to the level of world-class. "Making Common Sense Common Practice" takes a good, hard look at plant design, procurement, parts management, installation and maintenance, training, and implementing a computerized maintenance management system. In discussing the successes and failures of the world's premier manufacturers, Moore outlines a stable path of growth for almost any manufacturing company. In today's tough competitive markets, "Making Common Sense Common Practice" greatly enhances your company's chance to succeed - and profit. The third edition features updating plus new sections on innovation, change management, and leadership. It presents proven models for achieving world-class performance based on real-life case histories. The highly readable, concrete style brings the key points to life through a case study of a fictitious organization, Beta International, which runs throughout the book, based on real case histories.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ron Moore, P.E., is the managing partner of The RM Group, Inc., and an internationally recognized authority on reliability, manufacturing, and maintenance strategies. He has also been president of Computational Systems, Inc., a supplier of instruments and software to manufacturing companies. Moore holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the University of New Haven and is conversational in Russian.