Process Discipline: How to Maximize Profitability and Quality Through Manufacturing Consistency

Process Discipline: How to Maximize Profitability and Quality Through Manufacturing Consistency by Bennett, Carole L.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780527763459.

Process Discipline examines in detail all key process discipline components and shows you how to achieve near-perfect consistency of product through a rigorous, uncompromised focus on process knowledge, standardization, and control of change. From deploying "empowerment" in a control environment to handling the management issues of implementation, Edelson and Bennett provide the guidelines you need to create a successful process discipline system. A case study illustrates the concepts, rationale, and implementing guidelines for process discipline approach to process control. Contents Preface CHAPTER 1: The Goal of Near-Perfect Consistency CHAPTER 2: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Overview and Documentation CHAPTER 3: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Training Systems Orientation CHAPTER 4: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Audits CHAPTER 5: Process Discipline Fundamentals: Control of Change CHAPTER 6: Process Discipine Fundamentals: Experimenting on the Manufacturing Process CHAPTER 7: The Role of Computers and Information Technology CHAPTER 8: Management Issues CHAPTER 9: Associated Technology Systems CHAPTER 10: Cultural Issues CHAPTER 11: Successful Implementation GLOSSARY INDEX