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In 1990, IndustryWeek magazine established a prestigious new competition, the America's Best Plants Award, designed to recognize and honor the top manufacturing operations in the nation. To date, sixty-two companiesfrom such well-known names as Hewlett-Packard, Sony Electronics, Steelcase, and Xerox to smaller companies such as Zytec, John Crane Belfab, and Lord Corporationhave earned the illustrious designation of being one of America's Best Plants. Now these award-winning plants are profiled in America's Best, a unique reference that takes an in-depth look at leading-edge manufacturing practices. Detailing the individual components of world-class manufacturing, while providing personal experience from the field, America's Best offers practical guidelines that will help managers make strategic decisions regarding their own organizations. The book begins with the nine essential components of world-class manufacturing, their individual make-up, and how they interact with each other. These componentscustomer focus, quality, agility, employee involvement, strong supplier relations, technology, new product development, green manufacturing, community involvementcome together to create t

Author

Kinni, Theodore B., 1956-

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780471160021

Subjects

Technology, Stem