Manufacturing Strategy, 1st Edition: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan

This book clearly indicates the pros and cons to different production systems and the situations in which a plant should choose one or the other, as well as the various roles that a plant could occupy in a larger manufacturing network. The author does a good job of showing the multiple sources of competitive advantage that manufacturing may provide to a company and highlights the need to place manufacturing in the strategic decision making process, beyond the simple-minded low cost manufacturing strategy. This book presents a clear, concise methodology for evaluating the manufacturing system, while remaining focused on the strategic needs of the company.