The Small Manufacturer's Toolkit: A Guide to Selecting the Techniques and Systems to help You Win Book

Assembling Your Toolkit Knowledge is Power Assembling Your Tools Challenges of the Small Manufacturer

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT The Basics: Are You at the Starting Line?
Inventory Basics Master Production Scheduling Materials Requirements Planning Warehousing Basics Sales and Operation Planning: Know Where You're Going Volume versus Mix The Sales and Operations Planning Process The Sales Plan The Operations Plan The Financial Plan Tying It All Together What It Takes to Get Started

MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS Lean Manufacturing: Power Tools!
Lean on the Shop Floor Terms and Technique Planning in a Lean Environment Maintenance The Lean Enterprise-Not Just for Manufacturing The Lean Supply Chain A Little Lean Six Sigma for the Little Guy: Uh-Oh - Math Sigma The Normal Distribution More About Those Sigmas Six Sigma Performance DMAIC/PDCA Customer Focus Just the Facts Green Belts, Black Belts, and Beyond Project Selection More Six Sigma Tools Where to Start Theory of Constraints: Think!
A Note on The Goal Drum-Buffer-Rope The Five Focusing Steps Throughput and Throughput Accounting The Thinking Processes Quality Tools: You've Heard About Them; What Are They?
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Statistical Process Control ISO 9000
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Quality Organization Metrics

MANAGEMENT OF THE BUSINESS Project Management: You're Gonna Do It; Do It Right Project Phases Project Scope Resources Risk Management Miscellaneous Issues Critical Chain Project Management ERP: Information at the Speed of Light What is ERP and Why Would I Want It?
History and Evolution Modules and Functions Selection Education and Training Implementation Maintenance Supply Chain Management: You're Not Alone You Don't Operate in a Vacuum Supply Chain Management Plossl's Seven Supply Chain Points E-Commerce: Entering the 21st Century E-Commerce is Not Just Creating a Web Site EDI and Sons World Wide Web: Two Sides of the Coin The Back End Is Just as Important as the Front End Inventory and Operations Planning

DIAGNOSTICS AND DECISIONS Now What?
Which Tools Are Right for Me?
Application of Tools E-Commerce Service - Your Competitive Weapon (But I'm a Manufacturer!)
The Last Word

Appendix A-References and Resources Organizations Books Magazines Articles