Target Costing: The next frontier in strategic cost management
Ansari & Bell : MacGraw-Hill
ISBN: 07863 1053 7
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Provides process, methods & structure for target costing strategies. Contributors include, CAM-I, Andersen, Toyota, Chrysler, Boeing, Cat, Texas Instruments, Eastman-Kodak, Allied Signal…
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The Power of Strategic Costing
Dale Brethauer : AMACOM
ISBN: 0-8144-0486-3
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Covers estimating of, supplier costs, product costs, and competitor costs. Includes value of Target Costing plus description of the process.
Some arithmetic errors stimulate verification of worked example results. |
Key Management Ratios
Ciaran Walsh : Pitman/FT
ISBN: 0273 62197 1
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Presents financial ratios with extreme clarity
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Performance Measurement for World Class Manufacturing
Brian. H. Maskell : Productivity
ISBN: 0 915299 99 2
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Chapter 6 - Measurement of production flexibility outlines Measurement of Performnce (MOPS) for parts re-use & commonality.
Including commonality, standard, common and unique parts ratio measurements.
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Achieving Successful Product Change: A handbook
John G. Inness : Pitman/FT
ISBN: 0 273 60561 5
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Details the key importance of controlling product definition via the Bill of Materials (BOM).
Discusses managing product change & the linkage between product & process Bills.
Very useful & unique material on total product definition. Currently out of print. Used copies can be obtained on Amazon.
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Engineers In Business: The Principles of Management and Product Design
Mike Lanigan : Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0201 41695 6
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Chapter 7 - Why is cost important? is of particular interest to engineers
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Process & Design for Manufacturing
Sherif D. El Wakil : PWS
ISBN: 0534 95165 1
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Chapter 12 outlines several Dfx methods including the Lucas DFA application (TeamSET)
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Design Methods in Engineering Product Design
Ian Wright : MacGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0 07 709376 3
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Outlines design process information and where various techniques fit in the process.
Including Dfx, Value Analysis & Engineering, QFD etc.
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Improving Productivity by Classification Coding (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)
W. F. Hyde : Marcel Dekker
ISBN 8247 1404 - 0
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The seminal work on classification.
Provides basic "how to classify" methods plus a lot of case studies and benefits calculation examples.
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CAD/CAM Handbook
Eric Teicholz : Mcgraw-Hill
ISBN: 007 063403-3
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Chapter 17 – Process Planning & Group Technology.
Has many useful processes & analyses largely derived from extensions to Hyde’s work
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Engineering Cost Estimating
Philip F. Ostwald : Prentice-Hall
ISBN: 0-13-276627-2
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Contains detailed methods of cost estimating.
Identifies varying levels of estimating accuracy & associated cost drivers.
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Strategic Cost Management
Shank & Govindarajan : Free Press
ISBN: 0-02-912651-7
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Uses case studies to compare traditional cost accounting methods with activity based costing (ABC).
Shows that ABC is more relevant to strategic management of a business.
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Process Selection: from design to manufacture
Swift & Booker : Arnold or Wiley
ISBN: 0-7506-5437-6
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Contains basic theory and drivers for the TeamSET Manufacturing Analysis (MA) module in addition to some others.
A total of 48 processes are documented.
Some process and shape classification is provided. 2nd edition more extensive.
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Process and Operation Planning: Revised Edition of the Principles of Process Planning,
A Logical Approach Revised (Hardcover)
G. Halevi : Kluwer Academic
ISBN: 1-4020-1653-0 |
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Shows that process planning, now fully integrated in the manufacturing system, can
be regarded as a science by using a logical approach. Three aspects of process
planning are covered: the integration of process planning and design; process planning
itself; and the integration of process planning and production management.
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Controlling Design Variants
Ericsson & Erixon : SME
ISBN: 0-87263-514-7
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Covers the principles of modular design and includes a method to manage the process.
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Smart, Simple Design
G. D. Galsworth : Oliver Wight Pubs
ISBN: 0-939246-62-7
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A notable quote, “All costs adhere to parts”, sums the theme of this book.
Includes detailed methods for analysing commonality and re-use.
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Engineering Design: A materials & processing approach
G. E. Dieter : McGraw-Hill
ISBN 0-07-339814-4
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Makes the critical linkage between design, materials & processes.
References a large number of materials data sources.
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Techniques of Value Analysis & Engineering
L. D. Miles : McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-07-041926-4
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The seminal work on Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE). Describes VA and
VE techniques in great detail.
- Out of print. Used copies can be found on Amazon from time to time. Well worth obtaining a copy.
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The Metal Data Book
Alok Nayar : McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0-070-46088-4
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Contains extensive metallurgical information on the grades of: cast iron, steel, aluminium & its alloys, copper & its alloys, zinc & its alloys and sintered metals.
Cross references specifications from 6 different countries. |
Machining Data Handbook
Various : IAMS
ISBN: 0-936974-00-1
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Contains extensive metal cutting tables showing speeds and feeds for various materials, machines and cutting tools.
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Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
Michael F. Ashby : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 1-8561-7663-0
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Describes a procedure for materials selection in mechanical design, allowing the most suitable materials for a given application to be identified from the full range available. Now in its forth edition. |