Implementing World Class Manufacturing: A Bridge To Your Manufacturing Survival - Shop Floor Manual [Spiral-bound]

Larry Rubrich (Author), Madelyn Watson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0966290607 | ISBN-13: 978-0966290608 | Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | Edition: 1

This is a "hands-on, how-to" guide to making significant improvements in a manufacturing plant. Uniquely written in a step-by-step format for both managers and operators, Implementing World Class Manufacturing allows everyone in a facility to participate in making the business the best at what it does - now and in the future.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Larry Rubrich has over 25 years of experience in Engineering and Manufacturing in the Automotive, Industrial, and Consumer Products Areas. He has held the positions of Product Engineer, Chief Product Engineer, Product Manager, Customer Service Manager, Area Manufacturing Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, and Plant Manager with Fortune 100 Corporations.

Larry has spent the major portion of his career dedicated to the study, development, training, and implementation of the advanced techniques of world class manufacturing in U. S. manufacturing. Larry spent time in Japan studying Japanese management and manufacturing techniques. He worked directly with a top-level Japanese consulting group hired by a U. S. company to implement the Toyota Production System (TPS) in their plants.

Larry is a registered Professional Engineer and founder of WCM Associates.

Madelyn Watson has over twenty-five years of Quality and Manufacturing management experience in Aerospace, Automotive, and Consumer Product Industries. She has held positions as Supervisor, General Supervisor, Quality Engineering Manager, Product Reliability Manager, and Focus Factory Plant Manager in Fortune 500 Companies. In these positions, she implemented world class manufacturing and participated in lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and team development seminars with Tennessee Associates, Toyota, and United Technologies. As a corporate training manager, she conducted nearly 50 weeklong process improvement seminars, incorporating classroom and hands-on instruction, as well as team development.

Ms. Watson is founder and president of QualDeCo Consulting. The focus of QualDeCo is helping clients to facilitate change, increase productivity, and reduce operating costs through cycle time reduction and human resource development. She is affiliated with Resource Associates Corporation (RAC) and certified by Total Quality Institute (TQI).

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 436 pages
• Publisher: Wcm Associates; 1 edition (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966290607
• ISBN-13: 978-0966290608
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 10 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,917,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best "implementation" manuals I have seen., November 19, 1999

By 

Christian B. Reed (Mississippi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Implementing World Class Manufacturing: A Bridge To Your Manufacturing Survival - Shop Floor Manual (Spiral-bound)

We are going through a major re-organization from push system manufacturing to pull manufacturing in our facility and throughout the company. This book fits in quite nicely with this endeavor. The book does a nice job of explaining concepts and implementation of the principles. It is easy to read. Additionally, it has forms for suggested use in organizing information, AND it explains the forms and how to use them. I am purchasing multiple copies for distribution to all of my Manufacturing Engineers. Too I am recommeding it for use throughout the company.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent manual provides "How-to" details and consideration, May 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Implementing World Class Manufacturing: A Bridge To Your Manufacturing Survival - Shop Floor Manual (Spiral-bound)

Unlike other books on "world class manufacturing" which are intended more for business school students and management theorists, this book really is a Shop Floor Manual as the title suggests. Each subject and technique is explained, application considerations are given, and real life "how-to" instructions are provided so that all concerned, from production worker to group leader and production manager, can easily understand and implement the technique in their company. Implementation of just one of the hundreds of world class manufacturing techniques covered will return the price of the book manyfold.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent training book suited for shopfloor associates, June 7, 1999

By 

Shahrukh A. Irani ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Implementing World Class Manufacturing: A Bridge To Your Manufacturing Survival - Shop Floor Manual (Spiral-bound)

This is a book that small and medium-sized manufacturers can use to develop in-house training materials for educating their workforce on the how-to's of WCM. The explanations are succint with simple and well-written examples, backed by the rich experience of the authors. Supplementary materials available from the authors would allow any Plant Manager to develop customized training materials specific to his/her shopfloor. A particular merit of this book is the that it recommends the sequence in which the various elements of a WCM manufacturing program ought to be taught/implemented for best results. I plan to recommend this book as a reference to undergraduates who co-op or intern at companies as part of their educational experience.