Make It! The Engineering Manufacturing Solution

Front Cover......Page 1
Make It!: Engineering the Manufacturing Solution......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Manufacturing system design process......Page 18
Project teams for manufacturing systems design......Page 21
Effective manufacturing systems......Page 26
Company business plan......Page 29
Setting business targets......Page 38
Detailed market and product strategies......Page 40
Manufacturing data......Page 49
Controlling the scope of data collection......Page 54
Project assessment and review......Page 55
Manufacturing analysis......Page 57
Pareto analysis......Page 59
Manufacturing strategy – example document......Page 61
Good practice checklists......Page 68
Module identification for cellular structures......Page 79
Manufacturing module definition......Page 82
Strategic make versus buy analysis......Page 83
Concept specification and management review......Page 89
Characteristics of modular factories......Page 94
Creating module and cell structures......Page 95
Defining steady state......Page 98
Investment in manufacturing technology......Page 102
Designing Japanese style manufacturing systems......Page 104
Job design......Page 118
Support services and indirect resources......Page 120
Quality system......Page 122
Personnel policies......Page 124
Support function design......Page 130
Facilities supporting production......Page 134
Summary......Page 135
Introduction......Page 138
Factors influencing dynamic design......Page 139
The dynamic design process......Page 141
Process failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)......Page 150
Evaluating system variables......Page 153
Control systems design......Page 157
Maintenance systems......Page 175
Tool management systems......Page 178
Summary......Page 185
Financial case......Page 187
Activity-based product costing......Page 188
Supplier integration......Page 192
Manufacturing measures of performance......Page 198
Planning implementation......Page 209
Investment sanctions......Page 216
Formal approval for investment and implementation......Page 230
Savings and returns......Page 233
Summary......Page 234
Module implementation/case study......Page 236
Machine and process capability......Page 240
Job definitions and skills requirement......Page 242
Team selection......Page 245
Continual improvement process......Page 253
Continuous improvement route maps......Page 255
Continuous improvement training......Page 258
Design of experiments for problem solving......Page 269
Module audits......Page 272
Module information......Page 275
Conclusion......Page 278
References and supporting literature......Page 281
Index......Page 284