TY  - GEN
AB  - For years, automotive supplier GAFFER has been able to survive using its old management and production practices. But times have been changing and GAFFER's future looks bleak. Jake is a retired production planner, reflecting on his long history with the GAFFER factory and what is currently happening. He wonders how things might change as their main customer wants a completely new part to be not only produced, but also designed at GAFFER. Just when the old management is about to mess up the relationship with the customer, there is a new factory manager. He starts turning the factory around and Jake shares all of the juicy stories with his coffee mate, Ben.
AU  - McKay, Kenneth N.,
AU  - Wiers, Vincent C. S.,
CN  - TS155
ID  - 841870
KW  - Production management
KW  - Organizational change
KW  - Automobile supplies industry
KW  - change management
KW  - collaborative design
KW  - management training
KW  - manufacturing management
KW  - operational excellence
KW  - organizational knowledge
KW  - people development
KW  - quality management
KW  - supply chain management
KW  - teamwork
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N1  - Includes index.
N2  - For years, automotive supplier GAFFER has been able to survive using its old management and production practices. But times have been changing and GAFFER's future looks bleak. Jake is a retired production planner, reflecting on his long history with the GAFFER factory and what is currently happening. He wonders how things might change as their main customer wants a completely new part to be not only produced, but also designed at GAFFER. Just when the old management is about to mess up the relationship with the customer, there is a new factory manager. He starts turning the factory around and Jake shares all of the juicy stories with his coffee mate, Ben.
SN  - 9781606508527
T1  - Manufacturing excellence :renewal and rebirth /
TI  - Manufacturing excellence :renewal and rebirth /
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