ABSTRACT

The Road to Manufacturing Success: Common Sense Throughput Solutions for Small Business is a firsthand look at the evolution of the manufacturing software industry by one of its leading pioneers. It describes the major breakthrough contributions made by leading pioneers such as Joe Orlicky, Oliver Wight, and George Plossl as well as the various pit

chapter |6 pages

Prologue: The Road to Ocean City

part |2 pages

SECTION I: BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY

chapter 1|8 pages

Front Line

chapter 2|8 pages

Assumptions—Truth and Consequences

chapter 3|8 pages

Brainstorming in White Plains

chapter 4|8 pages

Shift in Values

chapter 6|10 pages

The Rise of the Church of MRP

part |2 pages

SECTION II: BREAKING THE MOLD

chapter 7|6 pages

Breaking Ground

chapter 8|6 pages

Starting Anew

chapter 9|10 pages

Breaking New Ground

chapter 10|12 pages

“MRP—The Great Rip-Off ”

chapter 11|6 pages

The Albatross of Shifting Technology

part |2 pages

SECTION III: COMMON SENSE MANUFACTURING

chapter 12|6 pages

The Road to VISUAL Manufacturing

chapter 13|8 pages

The Vision Made Real

chapter 14|14 pages

Common Sense Throughput

chapter 15|10 pages

Convergence for the 21st Century