cost-effective ways to achieve significant and sustainable improvement /
James P. Ignizio.
New York :
McGraw-Hill,
c2009.
xxi, 371 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-358) and index.
Introduction -- History--and implications -- Terminology, notation, and definitions -- Running a factory : in two dimensions -- Variability -- Running a factory : in three dimensions -- Three holistic performance curves -- Factory performance metrics : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- A transition : from words to deeds -- Reducing complexity -- Reducing variability -- The 12-workstation model revisited -- The fundamental model of manufacturing -- The elements of success -- Summary and conclusions.