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Quick Response Manufacturing
2008 Conference Proceedings
Eighth International Conference on Quick Response ManufacturingFoundations for a Competitive Future
- Learn how Omnipress, which produces conference publications in print, on CDs and online, organized all of its operations around QRM principles, then reorganized for optimal productivity as well as to sustain employee commitment and involvement.
- See how QRM methodology helped National Oilwell Varco's Sam Houston Parkway facility establish a plan for implementing QRM simultaneously in the United States and in Asia.
- Accounting to reveal and validate QRM gains and motivate employees requires that finance and management become partners. Read what a finance manager from Cardinal Health recommends for companies that operate in a QRM environment.
- Find out how a Chilean consulting firm used QRM to help a large metal fabricator meet growing requests for shorter lead times while coping with shrinking margins due to rising raw material costs.
- Consider how a Netherlands consulting firm used simulation games to show employees the benefits of QRM and enable them to keep an open mind about making changes as they launched a Q-ROC (Quick Response Office Cell).
- Benefit from the experience and wisdom of four QRM veterans who share how to secure the QRM commitment in an organization.
- This volume also includes details on two workshops: one on MCT, or Manufacturing Critical-path Time, the enterprise metric for measuring overall lead time; and one on POLCA, the QRM alternative to kanban for low-volume or custom-engineered products.
Conference proceedings are now available for purchase through the QRM Center for $50 ($35 for QRM Center members), which includes shipping and handling within the United States. The proceedings contain all presentations of QRM 2008.
To order your copy, call (608) 262-4709, or print an order form (PDF) and fax it to (608) 265-4017, or send it with a check/money order/P.O. (payable to the University of Wisconsin) to:
Center for Quick Response Manufacturing
3160 Engineering Centers Building
1550 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until our supply runs out.
