TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schonberger,Richard
AU  - Knod,Edward M.
TI  - Operations management: continuous improvement 
SN  - 0256112185
AV  - TS155 .S3244 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Burr Ridge, Ill.
PB  - Irwin
KW  - Production management
N1  - Includes index; Customers, competitive strategies, principles --
Quality imperative --
Designed in quality: product, service, and process planning --
Quality control and continuous improvement --
Demand management and forecasting --
Master planning- for capacity and output --
Flow-control systems overview --
Purchasing: quest for high-quality suppliers --
Time-based competition: JIT, MRP, and related topics --
Lot sizing and quick-change flexibility --
Volume and variety issues --
Managing continuous and repetitive operations --
Managing job and batch operations --
Managing projects --
Productivity --
Maintaining quality of physical resources --
Facilities positioning --
What's next for you and for OM? --
Appendix A: Areas under the normal curve --
Appendix B: The Poisson distribution- Cumulative probabilities --
Appendix C: Two-digit random numbers --
Appendix D: Answers to selected problems
ER  -