Authors:
- Presentation via structured case studies
Each problem is tackled thoroughly leaving no unanswered questions
Readers are prompted to provide their own solutions to problems
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In engineering management, the important resources of manpower, materials and machines need special attention in order to achieve competitive advantage. In this case study approach, some relevant theory is provided, with an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses for application. The challenge for the reader is to improve the current situation, given the facts that have been identified. All the cases are open-ended, so the actual changes adopted with outcomes obtained are included, thus facilitating comparisons.
The cases cover topics such as strategy formulation, management structure, cost estimation, production control and delivery, productivity, assembly line output, investment decisions, management information decisions, quality systems, health and safety aspects, TQM and continuous improvement, measuring and monitoring results.
The cases cover topics such as strategy formulation, management structure, cost estimation, production control and delivery, productivity, assembly line output, investment decisions, management information decisions, quality systems, health and safety aspects, TQM and continuous improvement, measuring and monitoring results.
About the author
D.G. COWARD originally served a five-year apprenticeship in heavy industry, then held various posts in operational control before entering higher education. He obtained his BSc via a sandwich course; he then studied operational attitudes of management for his MSc. His research and consultant activities have involved start-up problems for manufacturing, quality assurance for small companies and the induction of newly qualified engineers into industry. He recently retired as Principal Lecturer at the University of Central England in Birmingham.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Manufacturing Management
Book Subtitle: Learning through Case Studies
Authors: D. G. Coward
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13915-6
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: D.G. Coward 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 216
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave