Manufacturing Processes is a book based on prac-
tical experiences your authors have had working
in manufacturing and with thousands of students
who were designers, machine operators, technicians,
engineers, and managers, all wanting to make their
companies as competitive as possible. There are many
exciting stories to be told about the magic that occurs
when products are made profitably and on schedule.
When a winning product emerges, one never ceases
to feel the excitement of what has been accomplished.
It is a magical process. It is this magic that motivated
us over the span of five years to develop this new
edition. This would not have been possible without
being able to draw on the work of so many student
innovation teams working on cost-saving projects in
manufacturing.
This is a book about doing things better, outpac-
ing the competition, and surviving in an area where
complacency often results in plant closures or even
the movement of entire industries to other countries.
Some managers believe all that has to be done is to
reduce costs. Too often, skilled and highly motivated,
hard working people are asked to sacrifice pay, ben-
efits, and pensions only to see their plant still unable
to compete. Certainly, controlling costs are important,
but the key element in creating a winning manufac-
turing plant is selecting and matching appropriate
manufacturing processes, materials, and systems to
meet both the demands of the product design and
the customer. This book describes the knowledge,
principles, and techniques that can meld manufac-
turing processes, materials, systems, and people to
create a competitive factory. It is a book that will help
you find a better way to make quality products faster,
better, and cheaper.
Manufacturing Processes should be viewed as a
resource text for use in many different fields of study
and for better understanding manufacturing in many
different types of industries. This book provides a
comprehensive survey of hundreds of materials
and processes, and can be used at both introductory
and advanced levels in courses preparing learners
for careers in business and industry. Because of the
magnitude of coverage, the text will find a home in
several courses. It will be particularly useful in fields
and courses in technology systems, industrial and
manufacturing technology, engineering technology,
engineering, operations management, and business
management.
Section 1, Manufacturing Today, exposes you to
the structure of manufacturing and classifications of
materials and processes. This section also introduces
the concepts of productivity and green manufacturing.
It provides industrial case studies of manufactured
products with process flow models. Section 2,
Productivity and Green Manufacturing, discusses
planning for green production, finding opportunities
for improving manufacturing processes, when to
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Introduction
tical experiences your authors have had working
in manufacturing and with thousands of students
who were designers, machine operators, technicians,
engineers, and managers, all wanting to make their
companies as competitive as possible. There are many
exciting stories to be told about the magic that occurs
when products are made profitably and on schedule.
When a winning product emerges, one never ceases
to feel the excitement of what has been accomplished.
It is a magical process. It is this magic that motivated
us over the span of five years to develop this new
edition. This would not have been possible without
being able to draw on the work of so many student
innovation teams working on cost-saving projects in
manufacturing.
This is a book about doing things better, outpac-
ing the competition, and surviving in an area where
complacency often results in plant closures or even
the movement of entire industries to other countries.
Some managers believe all that has to be done is to
reduce costs. Too often, skilled and highly motivated,
hard working people are asked to sacrifice pay, ben-
efits, and pensions only to see their plant still unable
to compete. Certainly, controlling costs are important,
but the key element in creating a winning manufac-
turing plant is selecting and matching appropriate
manufacturing processes, materials, and systems to
meet both the demands of the product design and
the customer. This book describes the knowledge,
principles, and techniques that can meld manufac-
turing processes, materials, systems, and people to
create a competitive factory. It is a book that will help
you find a better way to make quality products faster,
better, and cheaper.
Manufacturing Processes should be viewed as a
resource text for use in many different fields of study
and for better understanding manufacturing in many
different types of industries. This book provides a
comprehensive survey of hundreds of materials
and processes, and can be used at both introductory
and advanced levels in courses preparing learners
for careers in business and industry. Because of the
magnitude of coverage, the text will find a home in
several courses. It will be particularly useful in fields
and courses in technology systems, industrial and
manufacturing technology, engineering technology,
engineering, operations management, and business
management.
Section 1, Manufacturing Today, exposes you to
the structure of manufacturing and classifications of
materials and processes. This section also introduces
the concepts of productivity and green manufacturing.
It provides industrial case studies of manufactured
products with process flow models. Section 2,
Productivity and Green Manufacturing, discusses
planning for green production, finding opportunities
for improving manufacturing processes, when to
4
Introduction