The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing

By Peter Drucker

Available for purchase through Amazon. Four concepts--statistical quality control, the new manufacturing accounting, the "flotilla" organization of the manufacturing process, and systems design--are transforming manufacturing theory. This new theory sees the factory as little more than a wide place in the stream of producing value, rather than as a collection of machines isolated from the rest of the business.

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