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1 online resource (xxxv, 328 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Saving money with homegrown ideas -- ch. 3. Arbitrary cost down approach -- ch. 4. The Isuzu approach to teardowns -- ch. 5. The DoD approach -- ch. 6. Classical value analysis/value engineering techniques -- ch. 7. Classical techniques -- ch. 8. Saving money with six sigma projects -- ch. 9. Saving money with lean manufacturing -- ch. 10. Saving money with optimization -- ch. 11. Regaining money with cost recovery -- ch. 12. Other methods -- ch. 13. Finding cost reductions -- ch. 14. When cost improvement goes wrong. |
| Summary |
A company with effective cost reduction activities in place will be better positioned to adapt to shifting economic conditions. In fact, it can make the difference between organizations that thrive and those that simply survive during times of economic uncertainty. Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques covers the methods and techniques currently available for lowering the costs of products, processes, and services. Describing why cost reductions can be just as powerful as revenue increases, the book arms readers with the. |
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Cost control.
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Production management -- Cost control.
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Six sigma (Quality control standard)
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Lean manufacturing.
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Value analysis (Cost control)
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Cost Control |
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Coût -- Contrôle. |
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Production -- Gestion -- Coût -- Contrôle. |
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Six Sigma. |
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Production allégée. |
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Analyse de la valeur. |
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cost control. |
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Cost control |
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Lean manufacturing |
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Six sigma (Quality control standard) |
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Value analysis (Cost control) |
| Added Author |
Quigley, Jon M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pries, Kim H., 1955- Reducing process costs with lean, six sigma, and value engineering techniques. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2013 9781439887257 (DLC) 2012033224 (OCoLC)761853195 |
| ISBN |
9781466597624 |
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1466597623 |
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9781439887264 (electronic bk.) |
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1439887268 (electronic bk.) |
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