Handbook of Manufacturing

Unlike any other reference, "Handbook of Manufacturing Processes" is an in-depth compilation of the workings of more than 1500 different manufacturing processes in metalworking, chemicals, textiles, plastics, ceramics, electronics, wood and food industries; as well as how more than 600 important products, components, materials are made.

This first-time English publication of one of Germany’s leading manufacturing control handbooks provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, with detailed and easy to understand descriptions of numerous control techniques from Kanban to CONWIP to Backlog Control.

Handbook of Manufacturing and Supply Systems Design: From Strategy Formulation to System Operation proposes a conceptual MSM framework based on some key principles of systems theory, which draws extensively on the relevant methodologies and techniques set out in the literature and on data gathered from industrial practice.

Manufacturing Systems Management (MSM) is a functional domain that involves all of the activities for regulating and optimising a manufacturing system as it progresses through its life cycle. These include the tasks of strategic analysis, design, implementation, operations and monitoring.
Researchers involved in MS systems design and operation will find the structure of the MSM framework relevant, because it provides a logical basis for the development of consistent procedures and parameters. The rask-centered way in which individual topics are presented is a useful feature for lecture and tutorial presentation. The workbook itself is ideally suited for students undertaking MSM-related projects and will also help industry-based professionals plan, coordinate and execute their MSM activities in a stragetically driven way.