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Competitive Manufacturing Management: Continuous Improvement [Hardcover]

John M Nicholas (Author)
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ISBN-10: 0256217270 | ISBN-13: 978-0256217278 | Publication Date: November 1, 1997 | Edition: 1
This text is developed and written for an intermediate/advanced course in Operations Management or Manufacturing Planning and Control. This course will be found in the better undergraduate programs in the MBA curriculum as an elective, or in Industrial or manufacturing engineering departments. The text will compete indirectly with MRP based books such as Vollmann et al, Fogarty/Hoffman, or McLeavey/Narasimhan in most cases because of the business emphasis, but may also appeal to Nahmias and/or Hopp/Spearman adopters. The CMM text covers all aspects of modern manufacturing management with emphasis on the recent strategic approaches such as JIT and TQM and within a style and level of rigor appropriate for business students

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John M. Nicholas Professor Of Management Science Loyola University-Chicago Nicholas received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and has a BS in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA in Systems Analysis from the University of Illinois. He is author of "Managing Business and Engineering Projects", a Prentice Hall text. Nicholas has taught for 18 years at Loyola, at the undergraduate and MBA level and has worked in or consulted with many companies, of note-Continental Illinois Bank, Price Waterhouse, ITT, and Lockheed Aircraft.

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  • Hardcover: 864 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 1 edition (November 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0256217270
  • ISBN-13: 978-0256217278
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
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4.0 out of 5 stars perfect for deeper understanding of manufacturing, August 6, 1999
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It is the best book in competitive manufacturing management.The author use the simple approach to analyze the difficult problems in manufacturing.

It is useful for teachers and managers in manufacturing fields

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simplified Toyota system of production, November 23, 2001
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This book is a step by step guide of the japanese system of production. Subjects that are very obscure in other books are depicted with remarkable simplicity. This is a good textbook for an international competitive manufacturing class.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Competitive Manufacturing, January 4, 2011
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I have used this book as a text book for a course on Lean Production Systems. Even though the book has a few errors, it is still one of the best books around
that can be used as a text book either for a course in engineering or business.
I have very much enjoyed reading the book in it entirety every time I teach this course.
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