Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing: From JIT to E-Business

      • Paul M. Swamidass

      Pages 3-13

3. Competitive Posture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Manufacturing Strategy

      • Paul M. Swamidass, Neil R. Darlow

      Pages 17-24

   3. Core Manufacturing Competencies

      • Morgan Swink

      Pages 25-31

4. Competitive Customer Service

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. Customer Service, Satisfaction, and Success

      • Stanley E. Fawcett, M. Bixby Cooper

      Pages 35-44

5. Developing Competitive Processes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. Business Process Reengineering and Manufacturing

      • Timothy L. Smunt

      Pages 47-57

   3. The Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning

      • V. Sridharan, R. Lawrence Laforge

      Pages 59-66

6. Competing on Quality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Total Quality Management

      • R. Nat Natarajan

      Pages 69-81

   3. The Implications of Deming’s Approach

      • Elisabeth J. Umble

      Pages 83-92

7. The Rise of Work Teams

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Teams: Design and Implementation

      • John K. McCreery, Matthew C. Bloom

      Pages 95-106

8. Competing on Flexibility and Automation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Flexible Automation

      • Kathryn E. Stecke, Rodney P. Parker

      Pages 109-116

   3. Manufacturing Flexibility

      • Paul M. Swamidass

      Pages 117-136

   4. Manufacturing Technology Use in the U.S. and Benefits

      • Paul M. Swamidass

      Pages 137-144

Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing is an examination of manufacturing innovations - both technical and knowledge-based. Over the recent past, technology has created dramatic changes in manufacturing. As a result, the book focuses on the use of technology in gaining competitive advantage in global manufacturing. Forty topics are surveyed in the book, organized into thirteen chapters. Each topic is a carefully written account by one or more leading researchers in that area. This is the first systematic examination of the recent innovations in manufacturing strategy and technology. In addition to providing an understanding of these manufacturing innovations, the book underscores the strategic importance of creating and sustaining the technological resources to ensure a stable manufacturing economic base. The book's purpose is to examine the elements that make today's manufacturers successful.
Many examples from industry throughout the book will enable the reader to appreciate and comprehend the concepts presented in the article. In addition to the technical and innovative information, implementation issues concerning new ideas and manufacturing practices are explored within the topical discussions. Four in-depth descriptions of real-life cases provide illustration of key principles.
The book has been constructed as a reference tool for manufacturing researchers, students, and practitioners. Hence, after reading the introduction `Innovation in Competitive Manufacturing: From JIT to E-Business', any section or topic in the book can be consulted and/or read in any sequence the reader may choose.

• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Strategy
• automation
• design
• development
• linear optimization
• product design

• College of Business, Auburn University, USA

  Paul M. Swamidass

• Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, Auburn University, USA

  Paul M. Swamidass

Dr. Paul M. Swamidass, Professor of Operations Management, is the Associate Director, Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. His undergraduate degree is in mechanical engineering from Osmania University, India. He obtained a doctorate in production/operations management from the University of Washington, Seattle, 1983.

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