It's About Time: The Competitive Advantage of Quick Response Manufacturing

It's About Time is a follow-on book to Rajan Suri's original book on Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM). I pre-ordered the book because I have used QRM and can say without a doubt that it works in both office and manufacturing situations. I used QRM principles in the office with an 83% time reduction and have used it in manufacturing with a 64% time reduction. These techniques were used in a highly variable mixed-model environment where previous consultants failed (after spending mega-bucks) using "straight lean" techniques. Don't get me wrong, lean has its place, but QRM solves many of the issues that lean does not (especially in mixed model "job shop" type environments).Rajan's new book provides many additional practical insights and explanations based on the 10+ years of QRM success. The CD containing the appendicies is a nice touch to explain some of the concepts in greater detail. This is a great book which answers many of the day-to-day dilemmas facing industry,office, and service businesses today. The book reads fast and is hard to put down.I am a lean consultant who holds seven lean/six sigma certifications & I am also a lean manufacturing instructor for the University of Minnesota.If there was a grade higher than an "A", I would give it to this book!I can be reached at 952-941-0912 for further discussion on this book.Jim McCarthy- Master Black Belt & Lean MasterEden Prairie, Minnesota

QRM is not the end-all of production methodology. but it is an extremely viable tool, and an arrow that needs to be in the quiver of decent managers from all walks of life. Rajan Suri has done us all a great favor by putting down the rules of QRM in perfectly clear and understandable form. that he had to dumb it down and wrote this simplistic text "for executives", rather of confirms our opinion of their ilk.i run a small manufacturing business, and after i had read Suri's work, i could see that whenever i broke one of his QRM rules, i got spanked.the only issue of studying QRM, is that once you know about it, you will plainly see bad things at work that others can not. to the modest intellect, QRM is not an openly intuitive process, and trying to educate the over-comfortable and placidly useless mangers above you will not ingratiate them to your well being.such knowledge can leave one in a state of being not so much over qualified for one's trade, but vastly over qualified for their employer.i would like to personally thank Dr. Suri for his work. it has improved my life, and that of my friends.

Rajan Suri has produced an excellent book about the Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) method that he and his students have pioneered. This is not just a proposal: QRM is an established method, used by large numbers of companies over more than a decade. It has produced striking improvements in profitability by reducing wasted time in process, thus reducing both expense and customer waiting time. Especially in the recent recession, some users have credited this method with helping their companies to survive.Unlike Suri's 1998 technical book on QRM, this one is aimed at senior managers. There's very little technical material but a lot of clear explanation of how implementing QRM changes the business process and improves performance. It's clearly written and very readable, with many specific examples from real companies to illustrate the benefits.This is good reading for managers, not only in manufacturing but also in many service industries where QRM is also applicable. I highly recommend it.

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Well written book on production management. No jargon.Very simple to understand.I shared the book with my company president. He too liked it.

Very informational in a shortened form to the full version.

Timing is everything and time is money! Being the first is only profitable if first is also best.QRM is about time, organization and application to get it together and get it to the customer...now!

These book has a lot of tools and concept which hare very useful to implement in current production life. Most important is not difficult to understand.

As a quality management consultant, I can say this is perhaps the best management book I've ever read, because it goes directly to the heart of quality and logistic management and it fits to every kind of business, services included.Then it gives you a practical roadmap for its implementation.

If you study or follow production or logistics you NEED to read this book! It changes the way you look upon business and production

Re-thinking the principles of LEAN. Easy to read. This book summarizes many thoughts beyond LEAN I let my students discuss in class.

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This book was bought by my husband who says this is a great book. A lot of information available for anyone involved in Manufacturing He says this is one of the best books he has come across and is invaluable for his work.