Reinventing the Factory(review

In fulfilling the requirements to complete a book review for the class Manufacturing Resource Planning, I have chose to review the book “Reinventing the Factory”. The book covers and implements theories of productivity improvements and breakthroughs. The authors, Harmon and Peterson, take the book beyond theory and use hundreds of examples of real-life productivity improvements. A list of these impressive examples can be found in the appendix as proof. The authors show how manufacturers can dramatically increase productivity through refinery of the sub plants, or plants within the plant, and the overall plant wide plan. The book is sectioned into three main portions. The authors lumped sections of the book together for easier reviewing and reference. The first three chapters cover topics of importance for executive managers. The next portion of the book, chapters 4 through 7, focuses towards individuals who are responsible for the different departments of the manufacturing organization. The last three chapters are aimed towards all individuals in the organization. They affect several areas

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Approximate Word count = 1766
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)