Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times

Book Description
Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) builds upon kaizen, TQM, TPM, and other strategies to use speed for competitive advantage. The difference between QRM and other time-based programs is QRM involves the entire organization--from the shop floor to the office, from purchasing to sales. Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition (TBC) strategies that use speed for a competitive advantage. Essentially, QRM stems from a single principle--to reduce lead times. But here's the key difference that successfully sets QRM apart from other time-based programs: Quick Response Manufacturing is an approach for the entire organization--from the shop floor to the office, from reorganizing production to new product introduction, from accounting to performance measures, from purchasing to sales. In order to compete on speed, you must change the management mind-set and reduce lead times throughout the organization. And for those of you who have invested in lean manufacturing programs, QRM does not require that you scrap these programs. Instead, Quick Response Manufacturing builds upon the ideas of kaizen, TQM, TPM, and others, making it an expansion of your company's quest for competitive strategies. So discover the power of speed. Quick Response Manufacturing is a broad and powerful corporate strategy that holds tremendous benefits for your entire organization. Here's what You Get: 15 specific steps to implement a successful QRM program. Case studies of seven companies--including John Deer, Horicon Works, and Ingersoll--that successfully use QRM. Hundreds of tools and examples to show you why QRM succeeds. 120 tables and figures to illustrate QRM. Formulas to measure lead times. Two quick fixes to adjust your existing accounting systems to enable QRM efforts. Discussion on cells, teams, and the need for employee empowerment. Now you can discover what other top companies already know: Quick Response Manufacturing is a truly tested way of implementing and achieving a powerful competitive strategy based on speed.


About the Author
About the Author: Rajan Suri is Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Dr. Suri serves as Director of the Center for Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM), a consortium of over 40 firms working with the university on understanding and implementing QRM strategies. He is internationally regarded as an expert on the analysis of manufacturing systems, specializing in lead time reduction and time-based competitiveness. Dr. Suri is author of over 100 technical publications and has chaired three international conferences on manufacturing systems. Dr. Suri has consulted for leading firms, including 3M, Alcoa, AT&T, Ford, General Motors, McDonnell-Douglas, and Xerox. He received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Cambridge University, England, and a Master's and Ph.D. in Engineering from Harvard University.


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Here's what You Get: 15 specific steps to implement a successful QRM program. Case studies of seven companies—including John Deer, Horicon Works, and Ingersoll—that successfully use QRM. Hundreds of tools and examples to show you why QRM succeeds.120 tables and figures to illustrate QRM. Formulas to measure lead times. Two quick fixes to adjust your existing accounting systems to enable QRM efforts. Discussion on cells, teams, and the need for employee empowerment. Now you can discover what other top companies already know: Quick Response Manufacturing is a truly tested way of implementing and achieving a powerful competitive strategy based on speed.


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