Introduction to Manufacturing

"""This superb book explains how to design, manage, and improve manufacturing operations. Based on their deep expertise, Baudin and Netland compellingly present a great resource of manufacturing knowledge - useful for both novices and experts.""– Charles H. Fine, Chrysler LGO Professor of Management,MIT Sloan School of Management ""Baudin and Netland’s comprehensive text serves as an important and timely reminder that manufacturing remains as important in a world of ubiquitous digitalization, as it ever has been."" – Matthias Holweg, Professor and American Standard Companies Chair of Operations Management, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford ""This is the first book of its kind, situated at the nexus of manufacturing, industrial engineering, and management – precisely what students and organizations need."" – Adedeji Badiru, Professor and Dean of Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology ""What an incredibly timely book. Global events continue to starkly illustrate the critical role that manufacturing plays in all our lives – and its impact when things go wrong. Baudin and Netland’s beautifully structured and accessible book gives an excellent introduction to this critical topic, helpfully framed by both industrial engineering and management perspectives."" — Tim Minshall, Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation and Head of the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge ""Easy to read, yet rich in knowledge. This textbook is the ultimate introduction to anyone interested in a career in manufacturing."" — Gisela Lanza, Professor and Head of Production Systems, wbk Institute of Production Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ""Given the ever-changing nature of manufacturing technologies, I love how the authors emphasize the flow of information and materials within and beyond the factory to provide an integrative approach to introduce manufacturing and management perspectives to industrial engineers."" — Timothy W. Simpson, Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing, College of Engineering, Penn State University ""Finally a textbook that describes manufacturing as what it is: an ensemble of processes, technology, and people. It is a terrific primer to manufacturing students and professionals."" — Li Zheng, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University ""What is really remarkable about this book is its sharp focus combined with coverage of a rich range of topics. The reader is captivated from the very first page, and with delightfully clear examples and crisp writing, the book takes the reader from a basic understanding of the fundamental concepts in manufacturing to highly sophisticated notions of the impact of manufacturing at micro and macro levels. This book is useful not just for students but also for scholars."" — Kasra Ferdows, Professor of Global Manufacturing, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University ""This state-of-the-art textbook on manufacturing addresses the challenges of today’s factories. It is an essential manual for students and professionals."" — Jochen Deuse, Professor and Head of Institute of Production Systems, TU Dortmund and Head of Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, University of Technology Sydney ""In this amazing book, Baudin and Netland present challenging technical concepts in an easy, accessible form that anyone can follow. Providing the historical context in which industrial engineering concepts and operations management theories evolved will be a game-changer for other texts in the future. A must-read for academics and managers alike!"" — Rachna Shah, Professor of Supply Chain and Operations, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota ""This book introduces modern manufacturing systems using unique pedagogical contents with interesting real-life examples. Readers can easily grasp the essence of manufacturing and understand the core knowledge rapidly to be an effective learner."" — Jay Lee, L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor in Advanced Manufacturing and Founding Director of Industrial AI Center, University of Cincinnati ""For those embarking on a career in manufacturing, this is a great place to start – learn from Toyota and others to harness the potential of the digital age."" — Daniel Jones, co-author of The Machine that Changed the World and other bestsellers, Founder and Chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy ""Through an extremely timely new book, Baudin and Netland take a recommendable fresh look at manufacturing in the 21st century. In the present complex age of sustainability, digitalization, and new roles for humans, the authors provide both industrialists and academics with a solid and accessible knowledge base for developing the future of the manufacturing industry."" — Johan Stahre, Professor of Production Systems, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology ""Finally, an operations management textbook capable of supporting the current renaissance in manufacturing. Baudin and Netland provide a much-needed integration of learning from our modern experience with lean manufacturing, systems thinking, and information technology. I recommend this book for professors and students in technology-oriented disciplines that want a practical and systematic approach to making manufacturing operations work better."" — Eric O. Olsen, Professor of Industrial Technology, Orfalea College of Business, Cal Poly State University ""This comprehensive textbook covers manufacturing topics that matter the most to managers and engineers. This fills a gap in the existing set of textbooks. In addition to the comprehensive explanations, some great features of this textbook are the stop-and-think questions, the additional reading lists, and the focus on improving manufacturing performance."" — Ken Snyder, Executive Director, Shingo Institute, Utah State University"