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Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt die Analyse- und Entscheidungssystematik zur Gestaltung und Verbesserung der Produktionsprozesse im Bereich der Instandhaltung und Ersatzteillogistik. Es zeigt, wie die Prozesse und Organisation der Instandhaltung sowie die damit verbundene Ersatzteillogistik unter Berücksichtigung ihrer Abhängigkeiten optimiert werden können. Die 2. Auflage behandelt verschiedene neue Ansätze zur effizienteren Gestaltung der Instandhaltung und Ersatzteillogistik. Weiterentwickelt sind auch die Themen zur Verteilung der Instandhaltungsaufgaben zwischen Produktion und Instandhaltung sowie das Outsourcing technischer Dienstleistungen. Neu ist das Online-Störungsmanagement zur Unterstützung der Auftragsabwicklung. Ein Vorschlag für eine Gesamtkostenstruktur für die Instandhaltung, die auch als Basis für die Potenzialermittlung und späteren Analyse der Instandhaltungsprozesse herangezogen werden kann, rundet die neuen Aspekte der 2. Auflage ab. Ingenieure der Betriebstechnik sowie Mitarbeiter und Führungskräfte der Instandhaltung und Ersatzteillogistik werden den besonderen Wert dieser Arbeit erkennen und zu schätzen wissen. Für Studenten des Ingenieur- und Wirtschaftsingenieurwesens dient das Buch als hervorragender Leitfaden für die Methodenanwendung zur Verbesserung der Verfügbarkeit von Maschinen und Anlagen.

This new compendium of recent advances in the use of modern technology and management concepts-- from distributed virtual manufacturing enterprises to integrating green technology in a cost-effective manner to materials and energy savingswill offer engineers and technical managers the needed insight to plan for future growth and success. Greater utilization and availability of resources in the workplace are directly related to better design and better engineering in the manufacturing economy. The book will explore how energy-efficient smart materials and structures hold tremendous potential for realizing cost savings and improving energy use in the modern industrial workplace. It will also show how industrial engineers have developed a variety of analytical and computer-based tools and technologies for planning, forecasting and scheduling resources including time, labor, and more recently, energy. Readers will also find: -- New trends in'i-Manufacturing'-- Finding optimal ways to distribute goods and services -- Human Resources Management in the context of efficient manufacturing -- Resources Planning, Forecasting and Scheduling -- Distribution, Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization -- Green Design and Manufacturing.

Now more than ever, American companies are experiencing a nagging feeling that they could be doing much better. Globalization, digitization, and the development of cellular technology have increased competition by leaps and bounds. As a consequence, skating by on marginal performance isn't enough. It's time for businesses to find the tools that will help them excel. A turnaround expert, Marvin Davis has made a career out of transforming underperforming companies. He assesses their mistakes, issues a diagnosis, and has helped allay the fears of many CEOs across the country -- leaving businesses more efficient and ultimately more competitive. In Take No Prisoners, he gives hard-line, tough-love solutions to the real and difficult problems that hinder profitability. By addressing issues that may at first seem too messy or dangerous, companies can learn how to truly improve performance, increase profits, and boost cash flow. Companies shouldn't wait until they are in dire straits to make changes; they can alleviate many problems if they act now and meet them head-on. Through real-life examples of corporations who have made these solutions work successfully, Take No Prisoners tells American companies the truth about the state of their business, and how to make it even better.

The second edition of this book has been written for the same audience as the first edition. It is designed to be a'first port of call'for people wishing to study efficiency and productivity analysis. The book provides an accessible introduction to the four principal methods involved: econometric estimation of average response models; index numbers; data envelopment analysis (DEA); and stochastic firontier analysis (SFA). For each method, we provide a detailed introduction to the basic concepts, give some simple numerical examples, discuss some of the more important extensions to the basic methods, and provide references for further reading. In addition, we provide a number of detailed empirical applications using real-world data. The book can be used as a textbook or as a reference text. As a textbook, it probably contains too much material to cover in a single semester, so most instructors will want to design a course around a subset of chapters. For example, Chapter 2 is devoted to a review of production economics and could probably be skipped in a course for graduate economics majors. However, it should prove useful to undergraduate students and those doing a major in another field, such as business management or health studies.

LEAN PRODUCTION - How to Use the Highly Effective Japanese Concept of Kaizen to Improve Your Efficiency will appeal to both a general self-help audience, as well as those with business and manufacturing interests. It provides specific techniques and behaviours to improve our effectiveness and packages them into an easily understandable philosophy of reducing waste in our lives. The system described in this book has been used very effectively in manufacturing in Japan for over forty years. Those who have come into contact with it invariably and almost naturally adopt it to their personal lives. This book will assist self-helpers who wish to improve their inner peace or, less spiritually, show entrepreneurs, managers and employees how to hone that corporate edge; so essential in today's highly competitive global marketplace. Author, Jim Thompson, served as Personnel Director for the GM Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Central Office. He studied lean production systems first-hand, as a member of the General Motors Technical Liaison Office (TLO) with NUMMI (a GM/Toyota joint venture) in Fremont, California. After fourteen years with General Motors, he became Vice-President of Human Resources for the Walker Manufacturing Company, a division of Tenneco. He is currently President of In•Sight Management, Inc, a lean production consulting firm. Mr. Thompson holds a BA, MA, EdS and MBA from the University of Michigan. He is a dynamic and humorous speaker who popularizes lean production techniques to eliminate waste and restore sanity to our lives.