Bøger af Jack Greene

Travel, visit delightful places, enjoy favorite activities and meet interesting people. For many readers the plan will be driven by desire for a comfortable temperature. Good thinking, and applicable both summer and winter. Stay for a while as the author has for 16 years, be a snowbird. This book is all about delightful places and favorite activities; think resort towns, beaches, mountains. Read of Palm Springs, Florida, Hilton Head Island, Phoenix, SoCal. For summer, read of cool mountains in Aspen and Park City and Tahoe and Bend and Whistler and Banff. The book tells how to select in advance an appealing town that will fit your interests, life style, budget. It offers specifics on how to find the right housing in this electronic age, safely. (The internet can be your friend, but learn to rely on the locals.)

This book has been replaced by the author, who in September 2013 has published Time and Motion Study For Capacity and Productivity. ISBN-13: 978-1492221425. It is cheaper, and has more information, especially about capacity and constraints. Please look for it on Amazon. My book on all aspects of Industrial Engineering is also available now; Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity ISBN-13: 978-1482301793. It includes all of the 2013 book concerning time study.

This book has been replaced by the author, who in September 2013 has published Plant Layout and Facility PlanningEdition TwoISBN-13: 978-1491222393 It is cheaper, and combines layout with facility planning since they are so closely related. Please look for it on Amazon. My book on all aspects of Industrial Engineering is also available now; Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity ISBN-13: 978-1482301793. It includes all of the 2013 book concerning layout and facility planning.

This book has been replaced by the author, who in September 2013 has published Cost Reduction In Business Management ISBN-13: 978-1492261100 It is cheaper, and adds new ideas about cost reduction and risk management. Please look for it on Amazon. My book on all aspects of Industrial Engineering is also available now; Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice & Application Business and Production Management, Productivity and Capacity ISBN-13: 978-1482301793. It includes all of the 2013 book concerning cost reduction and risk management.

A wide spectrum of tools and techniques exists to manage business cost, output, utilization, cycle time, performance. This objective book explains strategy, benefits and application of tools, and how they fit and reinforce each other Basic IE principles apply widely, to support efficiency and productivity not only in manufacturing but also in the office, lab, maintenance shop, warehouse; service industries, military, medical services, construction. The 400 plus pages of this book present: Seven chapters on Industrial Engineering. Theory, practice, application; how it all fits together, payback of 10 times and how to get it, a sample charter. Four chapters on industrial engineering within a broader management structure; labor, materials, overhead, risk management. Eleven chapters on Cost Reduction; Survive, Recover, or Thrive. Basics, management, accounting, cherry pick, beyond cherry picking, do operating practices interfere, value added, motivation. Thirteen chapters on Work Measurement. What, Why, and How-To. Measurement techniques, incentives, time study, work sampling, construction piece rates, a model plan to establish work measurement, methods checklists, glossary, useful forms. Twenty seven chapters on Plant layout, facility design, floor planning. Benefits, concepts, work flow and productivity, sequence, relocation, relationships between elements of a layout, master plan, many tools to use, glossary. Sixteen chapters on Facility Relocation, Merger, and Consolidation. A plant instead of or in addition to, is it time to expand? to relocate? Justification, the relocation marketplace, incentives and taxes, site search, confidentiality, sequence. Examples of layouts within different building shapes. Five chapters on Capacity, Utilization, Constraints. Determine constraints, manage them, optimize capacity. Four chapters on Lean, or the Toyota Production System (although the author does not claim to be an expert). Lean Manufacturing and its predecessors, Just In Time or Just In Case, What the real Lean experts say, push or pull supply chain. A chapter, Made in (the name of your country here). Good reasons to keep manufacturing near the home market. For management and for the practitioner, IE Theory, Practice and Application presents what, why, benefits to expect, how to manage and how to practice the discipline; with checklists; and forms. Practical, real-life actions, on the production floor but also from the boardroom, are suggested to support business and production management, productivity and capacity. IE tools do not all perform the same function. Furthermore, none of these tools is automatically valuable or useful; each has pros and cons as you consider potential cost and benefit in your circumstance. Select those actions that will bring the most benefit to your circumstances and objectives and which can be implemented by your organization. "Most benefit" often refers to cost but not always; targets may in your situation include output volume now or future growth, fast reaction time, customer service, new products, new technology, quality, technical innovation or excellence, market share. IE tools can help attain all of these objectives.

For the Kindle Store version, please refer to http: //www.amazon.com/Cost-Reduction-ebook/dp/B00FAASREG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379779971&sr=1-1&keywords=Cost+Reduction The immediate needs for your organization will depend on the general economy, the particular sector of the economy you participate in, and unique characteristics of the organization. You may need to survive, or to recover, or to thrive at different times of your existence. This book offers hands-on options for all economic phases, for all levels of the organization chart. Ideas for cost reduction and for good management are mixed interchangeably, just as in real life. Cost reduction and control are reliable strategies in any business phase, with benefit likely to be much higher than the cost. Many of us have been told at one time or another, find ways to cut cost. An "or else" relating to survival may have been spoken or implied. An evil economy may have conveyed the same message to the organization and its executives. Chapters in this book include: Cost reduction, the basics Cost reduction management Accounting aspects; keeping the books Keep it simple, sir or sweetheart Cherry pick at the management level; examples Beyond cherry picking: examples Five very effective tools which lead to cost reduction Do your internal operating practices interfere? Value added Motivation Twice as smart Operating practice for labor operations Operating practice for materials Operating practice for overhead Risk management Made in (the name of your country here) To achieve cost reduction in a booming economy or slowdown, how to proceed? one time or continuous, big project or little idea? top down or bottom up? Yes. Who can use this book, executive or manager? engineer or accountant or scientist or line supervisor or scheduler or buyer or maintenance head? Yes. Good cost reduction practice is not standardized; there is no established check list to perform for economic health or promise that if you perform steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 you will survive, or recover, or thrive. You'll have to pick and choose what makes sense for your organization, objectives and time table. This book is full of ideas for all of you who will reduce costs. Some sections will exactly fit the challenge you face, others will offer an adaptable idea or spark a new thought process. Some will tell you something you didn't know and open a new door.

Construction contractors and subs want to know about piece rates, and whether they apply to their business. Construction piece rates do have benefits; they motivate employees, lead to faster project completion and better cash flow, result in actual costs closer to estimates. Piece rates also have drawbacks, not only the set-up expense but also the field reporting and bookkeeping necessary to calculate payrolls which conform to minimum wage, overtime and tax laws. One size does not fit all when it comes to expectations and pay plans. As a result, this book doesn't try to sell you on piece rates, but explains advantages, operating issues, costs, and practical considerations so you can determine the right course for your operation, culture, objectives. Further, the book suggests a wide variety of useful actions to reduce costs of operations, You will like this portion a lot, whether or not you opt for piecerates. There is perhaps no single right answer (other than IRS rules and regulations), where one viewpoint is correct and another wrong. The purpose of this book is not to set in concrete any one idea or plan, but to note the variations. It describes construction piece rate plans, issues and influences. It defines objective and subjective reasoning that applies to overall cost / benefit analysis. It quantifies payback scenarios, which you can use to anticipate benefits and downsides of various strategies in your unique circumstances and objectives. Chapters detail other practical actions to cut out waste from the construction process, to measure labor, to motivate employees, and to achieve many of the benefits but avoid the downsides of piece rates. Some practices are prerequisites to a reliable piecerate process in the first place, and will smooth the way for piecerates if you choose. If your decision is to move to a motivational payment system, chapters describe specific plans of action to create and administer good rates, including references to disciplines beyond the author's scope, such as legal and bookkeeping.

For the Kindle Store version, please refer to http: //www.amazon.com/Time-and-Motion-Study-ebook/dp/B00FAOX1I4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379779548&sr=1-1&keywords=Time+and+Motion+Study How long does the job take? Arguably, this is the most valuable fact for a business to know because it determines capacity, productivity, profit or loss. Both direct and indirect labor costs rely on the required time, as do output, crew sizes, staffing, schedules, product cost, transfer prices, constraints, workload balance, on and on. Let's also suggest that the answer must be both accurate and objective. Time study is the basis of accuracy for management measurement, and is applied to resolve disagreement should they occur. Chapters include: Operating practice for labor operations Benefits of work measurement, Which measurement technique? Employee incentive pay If you only read one work measurement The art of the time study The art of work sampling The special case of construction piece rates Other important aspects of work measurement A model plan to establish work measurement Formal incentives administration Methods and workplace checklists for improvement Work measurement glossary Useful forms and worksheets An extra section on Capacity, Utilization and Constraints is included, to enable the reader to identify and relieve bottlenecks in the first place, then to manage constraints. Capacity activity depends very heavily on work measurement, to locate causes and relieve them. Chapters include: Capacity, utilization, constraints; in the context of business operations Manage constraints, by boardroom and policy actions Operating factors affect utilization Maximize capacity, manage constraints, on the floor Apply the capacity, constraint, and utilization data As with other professions, work measurement proficiency is gained through training and experience. This book explains very specifically what to do, why it is necessary, and how to do it; not only study techniques themselves, but also management and control actions to implement work measurement. Buy it for both practitioners and managers, as each will learn from the guidance contained. The text of this book is included in "Industrial Engineering: Theory, Practice, and Application", by Jack Greene, as are texts of "Cost Reduction In Business Management" and "Plant Layout and Design Edition Two".

For the Kindle Store version, please refer to http: //www.amazon.com/Plant-Layout-Facility-Planning-ebook/dp/B00FAGME58/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379779924&sr=1-1&keywords=Plant+Layout+and+Facility+Planning Layout, or the physical organization of people, materials and machines within a workplace, is at the very heart of productivity. This book will enable the reader to create productive layouts quickly and smoothly. Plant layout and facility planning are closely associated in industrial and commercial enterprises, and affect operating efficiency and productivity now and in the future. Layout chapters include: Plant Layout, Facility Design, Floor Planning Layout benefits and concepts Layout and how it can enhance productivity Work flow and facility layout Sequence of actions The big picture for a layout Factors to consider in a layout and relocation Relocate for cost reasons Glossary of layout terms If you only read one layout chapter Step one, to create a layout What is the degree of difficulty? Block layout, and detailed layout What format, CAD or paper-dolls? Create layouts, explore options Relationships of layout components Ownership in a layout Tools to apply, for successful layouts Technology transfer, documentation The destination; prepare it Pack and move Master plan a facility Workplace layout Office move, a special case A jam-packed building and how to cope Relocation to an existing company facility Layout for the truly expert Layout during facility consolidation Chapters in the ection on Facility Relocation, Merger, and Consolidation include: Overview, a facility instead of or in addition to Time to expand Time to relocate Justification, both objective and subjective The marketplace which solicits business to locate in their areas Relocation incentives and taxes Just where, exactly Site search process Quality Of Life, and Culture Shock The need for confidentiality Red flags and warning signs Master Plan for a campus, of multiple facilities A "simple" move A "simple" expansion Create a facility from scratch Consolidation, merger, of equipment, facility or process Typical sequence of actions, for a facility project Chapters explain what and why, and list actions to create productive layouts quickly and smoothly within the physical constraints of the facility. They improve project management by highlighting which practices to utilize and which missteps to avoid, and extend the technical capabilities of your staff. This book will guide your organization through practical strategic and hands-on instruction, enable creation of new productive layouts quickly and smoothly within the physical constraints of the facility, as well as Consider and optimize factors which extend the layout's contribution now and through the years. Extend the technical capabilities of your staff . Improve project management by highlighting which practices to utilize and which missteps to avoid. A thoughtful layout can achieve many efficiencies in a new or existing facility. Facility layouts and floor plans tend to be replaced infrequently, because a revision can be expensive and cause disruption as it is installed. Better get it right.

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