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.Factory Physics
2nd Edition (Wallace J. Hopp, Mark L. Spearman)This is actually a textbook (I am currently teaching out of it for production systems), but it is excellent and a worthy read.
. Fast Cycle Time : How
to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed (Christopher Meyer)A very well written book.
It has enough details to keep it interesting yet also focuses on the "big picture." I really like the chapter on systems and the chapter on strategic alignment (chapters 4 & 5).
. A classic on how to really improve an enterprise. Started the "Process Mapping" phenomenon. Great explanations with examples.
. Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business
Revolution (by Michael Hammer, James Champy)THE book on reengineering, by the authors that started the rengineering revolution.
. The Functions of the Executive (Chester Irving Barnard)THE book on management, should be taught in every curriculum.
. Quick Response Manufacturing : A Companywide Approach
to Reducing Lead Times
Buy it at
Amazon.ComThis is an excellent book on how to really affect manufacturing companies with many practical examples. It also has some methods to improve the office as well. I would classify it as a must read!
. The Great Transition : Using the Seven Disciplines of
Enterprise Engineering to Align People, Technology, and Strategy (James Martin)This is an excellent book covering many of the primary concepts of Enterprise Engineering. (And I am teaching it out of it this semester to a graduate class on Enterprise Engineering.)
. Out of the Crisis (W. Edwards Deming)Excellent book to "understand" the Deming philosophy (must read!).
. The Machine That Changed the World : Based on the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5-Million-Dollar 5-Year Study on the Future of the
Automobile (James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos)Excellent book for an understanding of and comparison of Japanese and US Auto manufacturing.
. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (by Eliyahu
M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox)
Excellent book explaining many of the "new" principles IE's should know written in a novel format.
