TY - BOOK AU - Ignizio,James P. TI - Optimizing factory performance: cost-effective ways to achieve significant and sustainable improvement SN - 9780071632850 (alk. paper) AV - TS155 .I39 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Production management KW - Quality control KW - Industrial management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- History--and implications -- Terminology, notation, and definitions -- Running a factory : in two dimensions -- Variability -- Running a factory : in three dimensions -- Three holistic performance curves -- Factory performance metrics : the good, the bad, and the ugly -- A transition : from words to deeds -- Reducing complexity -- Reducing variability -- The 12-workstation model revisited -- The fundamental model of manufacturing -- The elements of success -- Summary and conclusions ER -