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Addressing the beliefs and attitudes that can be detrimental to your organization's competitiveness, Popular Manufacturing Myths: Eliminating Widely Held Beliefs That Reduce Competitiveness offers time-tested insight into the most common myths encountered in manufacturing environments. It classifies these myths into management myths, shop floor myths, and if appropriate, shared management and shop floor myths.

Explaining the reasons why these deeply ingrained beliefs exist, the book outlines remedies that can help to quickly dispel them within your organization. It presents case studies that examine these myths and includes numerous real-world examples that outline simple, yet effective, solutions. Some of the myths dispelled in this book include:

  • Increasing line speed always decreases quality and creates more scrap
  • Reducing the cost of raw materials will decrease the cost of manufacturing
  • Increased inspecti

    Table of Contents

    Introduction to Manufacturing Myths. Expectational Myths. Data Myths. Our Process Is Different. Measurement Process Myths. Only Adjust One Process Parameter at a Time. Raw Material Myths. Addendum.

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
      Publication Date: 18/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9781466566606, 978-1466566606
      ISBN10: 1466566604
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Addressing the beliefs and attitudes that can be detrimental to your organization's competitiveness, Popular Manufacturing Myths: Eliminating Widely Held Beliefs That Reduce Competitiveness offers time-tested insight into the most common myths encountered in manufacturing environments. It classifies these myths into management myths, shop floor myths, and if appropriate, shared management and shop floor myths.

      Explaining the reasons why these deeply ingrained beliefs exist, the book outlines remedies that can help to quickly dispel them within your organization. It presents case studies that examine these myths and includes numerous real-world examples that outline simple, yet effective, solutions. Some of the myths dispelled in this book include:

      • Increasing line speed always decreases quality and creates more scrap
      • Reducing the cost of raw materials will decrease the cost of manufacturing
      • Increased inspecti

        Table of Contents

        Introduction to Manufacturing Myths. Expectational Myths. Data Myths. Our Process Is Different. Measurement Process Myths. Only Adjust One Process Parameter at a Time. Raw Material Myths. Addendum.

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