Reducing process costs with lean, six sigma, and value engineering techniques
"Describing why cost reductions can be just as powerful as revenue increases, the book arms readers with the understanding required to select the best solution for their company's culture and capabilities. It emphasizes homegrown techniques that do not require the implementation of any new methodologies--making it easy to apply them in any organization. The authors explain how to reduce costs through traditional Lean methods and Lean Six Sigma. They also present Six Sigma cost savings technique…
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- Full title :Reducing process costs with lean, six sigma, and value engineering techniques / Kim H. Pries, Jon M. Quigley.
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"Describing why cost reductions can be just as powerful as revenue increases, the book arms readers with the understanding required to select the best solution for their company's culture and capabilities. It emphasizes homegrown techniques that do not require the implementation of any new methodologies--making it easy to apply them in any organization. The authors explain how to reduce costs through traditional Lean methods and Lean Six Sigma. They also present Six Sigma cost savings techniques from manufacturing Six Sigma, services Six Sigma, and design for Six Sigma. The book also presents optimization techniques from operations research methods, design experiments, and engineering process control."--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:2013
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- Publisher(s):CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
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"An Auerbach book."
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxv, 328 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781439887257, 143988725X, 1439887268, 9781439887264
- oclc:ocn761853195
- LC Classification:HD47.3
- Dewey Decimal:658.15/52
Table of Contents
Saving Money with Homegrown Ideas -- Arbitrary Cost Down Approach -- Isuzu Approach to Teardowns -- DoD Approach -- Classical Value Analysis / Value Engineering Techniques -- Classical Techniques -- Saving Money with Six Sigma Projects -- Saving Money with Lean Manufacturing -- Saving Money with Optimization -- Regaining Money with Cost Recovery -- Other Methods -- Finding Cost Reductions -- When Cost Improvement Goes Wrong.
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