Analysis of manufacturing enterprises : an approach to leveraging value delivery processes for competitive advantage

1. Introduction.- 1. The Manufacturing Enterprise.- 2. Motivation and Approach.- 3. Conclusions.- 4. Bibliographic Notes.- 2. Architecture of A Manufacturing Enterprise.- 1. History of Manufacturing.- 2. The Manufacturing Enterprise.- 3. Business Processes.- 4. Types of Processes.- 5. Some Important Business Processes.- 6. Characteristics of a Well-Managed Process.- 7. Competitive Strategy and Business Processes.- 8. Core Competencies and Core Capabilities.- 9. Conclusions.- 10. Bibliographic Notes.- 3. Organization Structure.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Types of Organization Structures.- 3. Choosing the Right Structure.- 4. Conclusions.- 5. Bibliographic Notes.- 4. Process Performance Measures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Lead Time.- 3. Quality.- 4. Capacity.- 5. Process Reliability.- 6. Cost.- 7. Asset Utilization.- 8. Flexibility.- 9. Conclusions.- 10. Bibliographic Notes.- 5. Process Measurement and Redesign.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Strategy, Processes, and Measures.- 3. Measures and Measurements.- 4. Balanced Scorecard.- 5. Process Benchmarking.- 6. Process Rating and Improvement.- 7. Process Redesign.- 8. Conclusions.- 9. Bibliographic Notes.- 6. The Product Development Process.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Product Development Strategies.- 3. The New Product Creation Process.- 4. Design of the Stage-Gate System.- 5. Organization Structure.- 6. Performance Measures.- 7. Benchmarking in the NPDP.- 8. Conclusions.- 9. Bibliographic Notes.- 7. Order-to-Delivery Process.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Description of an ODP.- 3. Logistics.- 4. Information Sharing in an ODP and Best Practices.- 5. Performance Measures of an ODP.- 6. Conclusions.- 7. Bibliographic Notes.- 8. Supply Chain Process Management.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Supply Chain Fundamentals.- 3. Decision Making in the Supply Chain World.- 4. Configuration of the Supply Chain Process.- 5. Effective Supply Chain Management.- 6. Performance Measures.- 7. Performance Measurement and Benchmarking.- 8. Organization Structure.- 9. Conclusions.- 10. Bibliographic Notes.- 9. Epilogue.- 1. Modeling Manufacturing Enterprises.- 2. Work Load Modeling.- 3. Case Studies.- 4. Conclusions.- 10.Exercises.- References.