MBA Semester III - K. K. Wagh Education Society

(306 D)- WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING
1. Historical perspective: World class Excellent organizations – American and Japanese
Companies Deming Awards , Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award – Globalization –
Global Companies – Models for manufacturing excellence – Business Excellence. (6)
2. Bench marks, Bottlenecks and Best Practices: Concepts of benchmarking, bottleneck and
best practices, Best performers – Gaining competitive edge through world class manufacturing –
Value added manufacturing – eliminating waste – Toyota Production System – example. (6)
3. System & tools for world class manufacturing: Improving Product & Process Design –
Lean Production – SQC , FMS, Rapid Prototyping , Poka Yoke , 5-S ,3 M, use of IT ,JIT,
Product Mix , Optimizing , Procurement & stores practices , Total Productive maintenance ,
Visual Control. (6)
4. Human Resource Management in WCM: Adding value to the organization – Organizational
learning – techniques of removing Root cause of problems – People as problem solvers – New
organizational structures. Associates – Facilitators – Teamsmanship – Motivation and reward in
the age of continuous improvement. (6)
5. Typical characteristics of WCM companies: Performance indicators – what is world class
Performance – Six Sigma philosophy (3)
6. Indian Scenario: Leading Indian companies towards world class manufacturing – Task
Ahead. (3)
Books Recommended:-
1. World Class Manufacturing - Strategic Perspective - B.S. Sahay, KBC Saxena,
Ashish Kumar. (Mac Milan)
2. Making Common Sense Common Practice – Models for manufacturing excellence –
Ron Moore (Butter worth Heinmann)
3. The Toyota Way - Jeffrey K.Liker – (Tata McGraw Hill)
4. Operations Management for Competitive Advantage – Chase
5. Making Common Sense Common Practice – Moore
6. Managing Technology & Innovation for Competitive Advantage – Narayanan
7. Just In Time Manufacturing – M.G.Korgaonkar
8. Machine That Changed The World – Womack