Includes bibliographical references (pages 672-682) and index.
Part I. The lessons of history. Manufacturing in America -- Inventory control: from EOQ to ROP -- The MRP crusade -- The JIT revolution -- What went wrong. Part II. Factory physics. A science of manufacturing -- Basic factory dynamics -- Variability basics -- The corrupting influence of variability -- Push and pull production systems -- The human element in operations management -- Total quality manufacturing. Part III. A pull planning framework -- Shop floor control -- Production scheduling -- Aggregate and workforce planning -- Supply chain management -- Capacity management -- Synthesis--pulling it all together.