Quick Response Manufacturing related Articles and Books
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Quick Response Manufacturing
Rajan Suri
Want to succeed with a proven strategy using speed-based competition? Here's a comprehensive approach for the whole organization — from the shop floor to the office to your suppliers.

IBM Combines Rapid Modeling Technique and Simulation to Design PCB Factory-Of-The-Future
Evelyn Brown

Quick Response Manufacturing drives Supplier Development at John Deere
Peter Golden
John Deere uses a Quick Response Manufacturing as its direction for Supplier Development.  Cutting lead times is the prime directive as Deere gets shorter order fulfillment times, price reductions and enhanced quality with increased profits for the Suppliers.

Slaying the Beast
Rajan Suri
Assumptions and Realities in Implementing Quick Response Manufacturing.  Why the things you expect to improve your business are causing increases in lead times!

FMS: Finnish Manufacturing Systems
Suzanne de Treville
Competition warms the often frigid air in Finland as companies strive to make their manufacturing as flexible as possible. One automotive supplier found ways to streamline its operations by using a simple approach to system modeling.

Lead Time Reduction Through Rapid Modeling
Rajan Suri
When simulation is too extensive  — and expensive  — for determining shop floor changes, try this rapid modeling technique.

Full Speed Ahead
Rajan Suri and Suzanne de Treville
In the world of competitive manufacturing, the key word for the 1990's will be speed. A timely look at rapid modeling technology in operations management.

Performance Evaluation of Discrete Manufacturing Systems
Ying-Tat Leung and Rajan Suri

Using Queueing Models to Support Quick Response Manufacturing
Rajan Suri

Rapid Modeling Helps Focus Setup Reduction at Ingersoll
Aamer Rehman and Michael B. Diehl

From CAN-Q to MPX: Evolution of Queuing Software for Manufacturing
Rajan Suri, Gregory W. W. Diehl, Suzanne de Treville, and Michael J. Tomsicek