Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial CompaniesISBN: 978-0-470-60957-6
Hardcover
258 pages
February 2010
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In today's economic climate, the need to cut costs can be the difference between success and failure. Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies covers all major cost reduction areas, providing easy to read examples and advice on steps to take. It provides the roadmap for implementing recommended actions with true and tried methods by taking a modern, all-inclusive look at manufacturing processes. Based on the author's cost reduction experience gained during 30 years of senior operations and consulting engagements with hundreds of organizations, this book includes easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement cost reduction concepts organized into five general areas --labor, material, design, process, and overhead.
Each chapter:
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Dives into a cost reduction area and starts with the bottom line first by summarizing key points
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Provides proven tactics for cutting costs without a lot of extraneous data
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Follows a qualitative and design-oriented approach
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Emphasizes quick implementation and measurable cost reduction
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Identifies who in the organization should do the work
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Outlines risks and suggested risk mitigation actions
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Contains numerous tables, graphs, and photos to show the concepts described in the book
Praise for Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies
"In this introductory book, Berk not only takes a modern,
all-inclusive look at manufacturing processes but also provides
substantial coverage of engineering materials and production
systems. It follows a more qualitative and design-oriented approach
than other texts in the market, helping readers gain a better
understanding of important concepts. They'll also discover how
micro-economic conditions relate to the process variables in a
given process as well as how to perform manufacturing science and
quantitative engineering analysis of manufacturing
processes."
—Fred Silverman, Director Engineering of Hi-Shear
Technology Corporation
"Joe Berk has created a unique, practical and straightforward
approach to cost reduction in manufacturing. This work provides
valuable insights and concrete techniques, based on real-world
experiences, to any manufacturing organization undertaking change
to position itself to compete successfully in the global
marketplace."
—Joe Carleone, President and COO of American Pacific
Corporation
Check out author Joseph Berk's blog at http://manufacturingtraining.wordpress.com/