Manufacturing, the formidable competitive weapon

Author(s)

• Skinner, Wickham

Bibliographic Information

Manufacturing, the formidable competitive weapon

Wickham Skinner

Wiley, c1985

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This revised text on manufacturing management offers managers a concrete, systematic approach for integrating their manufacturing efforts into the overall corporate strategy. This edition takes into account new information on manufacturing operations, diversification, and productivity; new technological developments such as robotics and automated process control; and the "new breed" of manufacturing executive. Skinner's "top down" approach is further explain here, with discussion of its use in actual practice.

Table of Contents

• Concepts of Manufacturing Strategy
• Operationalizing Manufacturing Strategy Concepts
• The Impact of New Manufacturing Technology
• Manufacturing as a Competitive Resource
• Wanted: A New Breed of Manufacturing Manager.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA22700677
• ISBN:
  • 0471817392
• LCCN: 85003290
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 330 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TS155
  • DC19 : 658.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Production management