Product Description: What is Enterprise Resource Planning and why does it matter? Like The Goal, Why ERP? is a short novel about a manager in a furniture manufacturing business who is charged with learning about and implementing a new ERP system, SAP R/3...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Achieving dramatic improvements in productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability result from applying the latest advances in planning and control systems. In this revised edition, state-of-the-art concepts and proven techniques are combined to offer practical solutions for enhancing the manufacturing process...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume contains 32 research papers and a data base diskette compiling a worldwide survey of manufacturing practices. The papers provide insights into the differences in manufacturing practice that exist around the world. Through an understanding of manufacturing practice differences, cooperation can be improved considerably between researchers, companies, and nations...read more

Product Description: Manufacturers who want to improve their competitive positions continually seek ways to leverage their manufacturing assets--particularly by integrating manufacturing planning and control systems with business functions and market requirements...read more

Product Description: Stay ahead of your competition! For many companies, achieving dramatic improvements in productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability result from applying the latest advances in planning and control systems. This thoroughly updated and revised third edition contains dozens of examples illustrating the latest key concepts for implementing profitable planning, scheduling, production, and distribution strategies, including MRP and MRP II, capacity management, and Just-In-Time techniques...read more