Manufacturing Systems Foundations of World-Class Practice (1992) / Chapter Skim
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Introduction
Introduction
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The modern manufacturing system a complex arrangement that engineers, manufactures, and markets products for a diverse populace whose wants and needs are subject to frequent change bears little similarity to its early predecessor. This transformation of the manufacturing function into the complex technical, social, and economic organization it is today has been made possible by the discovery and improvement of many methods and processes.
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Neither do manufacturers require an extensive national industrial infrastructure to support local or regional factories with low levels of manufacturing integration. Modern communication technology has made it possible to manage manufacturing operations located around the world.
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While it is a relatively straightforward process to identify the goals that a continuing improvement program should achieve, it is far more difficult to determine the steps needed to achieve those goals. A large part of the difficulty lies in the fact that a manufacturing company is a very complex system comprising a large number of complex but interdependent subsystems.
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Confirmation and enlargement of the views presented here are recognized as a long-term process worthy of much further intellectual study and pragmatic research. It is hoped that although this book does not provide definitive answers, it will provide some important insights into that broad topic described as the System of Manufacturing and that it will serve as an encouragement to readers to develop further understanding of the challenge of creating an effective, world-class manufacturing organization.
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Not only must an organization meet all of these challenges if it is to become the "bestof-the-best," but the constantly changing environment also requires that an organization continue to change and improve to retain that capability.
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