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Every day companies leave billions of dollars in invisible,
unrealized savings on the table because of poor supply chain
management practices. Now supply management experts Dave Nelson,
Patricia E. Moody, and Jonathan Stegner show not only how leading
companies recoup these savings through their mastery of target
costing, value engineering, and supplier development, but how
supply chain management -- the discipline of acquiring and moving
material -- has become a manufacturing company's hottest
competitive weapon.
Most manufacturing companies with batch-and-queue "push" production
systems have been blindsided by today's consumer who expects
quality products and services delivered on demand and customized to
individual taste. In "The Perfect Engine, " manufacturing experts
Anand Sharma and Patricia E. Moody describe for the first time how
leading "pull" production pioneers build to order by reducing
inventory, decreasing cycle time, minimizing floor space, and
eliminating waste.
""Breakthrough Partnering should be required reading for anyone involved in supply management or training."" - Paul Brault, Corporate Director of Supplier/Customer Training Motorola University ""Breakthrough Partnering is loaded with contemporary examples of supplier partnerships and it contrasts them with the 'old time religion' of bidding, leverage, and voluminous planning. Readers should come away with insights on how to transition from their old tenets to a newfound faith in the power of teamwork in supplier partnerships."" - Robert W. Hall, co-founder of Assn. For Mfg. Excellence ""Provides people involved with an outsourcing strategy in manufacturing with an excellent, hands-on approach.... Breakthrough Partnering should be part of the implementation process for companies looking for practical experience in manufacturing partnerships."" - Robert LeValley, Director of East Coast Operations, Solectron, Inc. ""Breakthrough Partnering offers an accurate account of how successful companies create good customer/supplier relationships in today's World-Class market."" - Jeff Shaw, VP of Operations, Picture Tel Corporation
How will autonomous agents, emergent systems, and chaos theory change the way we live and work in the twenty-first century? As today's manufacturing and production systems grow increasingly complex, tomorrow's science of complexity will produce paradoxically simple solutions, argue technology experts Patricia Moody and Richard Morley in this astonishing vision of the year 2020. Containing both cutting-edge insights and simple truths that provide a roadmap to the future of business -- and illustrated by case examples from such companies as Motorola, Honda, GM, Solectron, Intel, Silicon Graphics, Modicon, Flavors, NeXT, Japanese Railway, and Andover Controls -- "The Technology Machine" challenges readers to understand the spirit and core drivers of growth: technology, knowledge, and individual excellence. By combining rigorous research with their extensive experience with technology advances that have changed industry, Moody and Morley are able to supply simple guidelines for future growth and detail their keen vision of future systems, leaders, and workers. They isolate the three bad business habits at the root of manufacturing problems today -- shortsightedness, restrictive structures, and unbalanced improvement fads -- show how to break them, and supply four infallible predictors of the types of breakthrough technologies that will come to dominate the world of the future. In that world, customers and suppliers are linked by real-time, online systems; business is driven by customer-designed, point-of-consumption replication of product; and a wide gap grows between "The Island of Excellence" organization of the future -- with its holistic approach, including two-year apprenticeships, uniforms, and morning exercises -- and "The Others," the non-elite, sweatshop-like, breakeven companies of the past. The book is eloquent, original, and essential reading for managers in every area of business and industry.
"Powered by Honda" tells the story of what Honda does, and illustrates the BP process with stories, charts, photos, and other powerful methods that guarantee success. From the people on the floor who build the cars, to the suppliers who keep Honda lines running non-stop, and the managers who run the supply chains, you'll feel the Racing Spirit that powers the machine. Honda's global leadership position in profits, growth, and innovation was built on the principles in this book.
"The authors of the widely acclaimed "The Purchasing Machine" deliver an eye-opening look at the power of supply management with " The Incredible Payback." This timely book presents amazing success stories from best-of-the-best procurement organizations like Honda, Delphi, John Deere, and others. Using the same cost-management strategies implemented at these leading organizations, "The Incredible Payback"shows how any company can reap benefits including: * saving up to 30 percent on material and service expenses * leveraging technology to accelerate savings * high-yield supplier development programs * extension of financial opportunities throughout the highest levels of the enterprise, exponentially increasing savings potential Great companies save money every day. Now every organization can realize " The Incredible Payback""
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