Human Resources for the Nonhr Manager or Quick Response Manufacturing

Human Resources for the Nonhr Manager

Author: Carol T Kulik

Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager appeals to anyone interested in management issues. The book explains why human resource issues are increasing the responsibilities of front-line managers rather than the HR department. Chapters present the basics of HR including the fundamentals of hiring, performance appraisal, reward systems, and disciplinary systems, so that any manager--regardless of his or her background or functional area--can approach these parts of the job with confidence. The book also covers the latest developments in equal opportunity law and describes the manager's responsibilities in controlling sexual harassment and managing diverse employees, including older workers and employees with disabilities. Each chapter's material is firmly grounded in the current HR academic literature, but the book's friendly, conversational tone conveys basic principles of good practice without technical jargon.

Designed to make the material more accessible and personally relevant, thebook includes the following special features:
*Manager's Checkpoints--a series of questions that help the reader apply the material to his or her own organizational context;
*Boxes that describe real-life examples of how companies respond to HR challenges;
*For Further Reading--references to articles published in outlets that bridge the academic-practitioner divide;
*Manager's Knots--presented in a question-and-answer format, these describe typical managerial problems, take the reader into some of the gray, ambiguous areas of HR, and suggest ways to apply the chapter material to real-life managerial dilemmas; and
*An Instructor's Manualavailable to instructors who adopt the book for classroom use.

Book review: 101 Champagne Cocktails or 660 Curries

Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times

Author: Rajan Suri

Developed by the author and now being employed by a number of businesses, Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition, aimed at a single target with the goal of reducing lead times. The key difference between QRM and other time-based programs is that QRM covers an entire organization, from the shop floor to the office, to sales and beyond. Providing guidelines for establishing a QRM enterprise, this volume builds upon kaizen, TQM, TPM, and other practice to help organizations streamline all functions of their operation. It shows how to quickly introduce products, along with ways to rethink materials and production management.

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Message ..... xiii

Foreword ..... xvii

Preface ..... xxi

Acknowledgments ..... xxv

Part One: A New Way of Thinking Stems from One Principle ..... 1

Chapter One: QRM: Not Just Another Buzzword ..... 3

Chapter Two: Benefits of QRM ..... 27

Chapter Three: The Response Time Spiral--Legacy of the Scale and Cost Management Strategies ..... 53

Part Two: Rethinking Production and Materials Management ..... 85

Chapter Four: Reorganizing Production ..... 87

Chapter Five: Structured Methodology for Implementing Cellular Manufacturing ..... 107

Chapter Six: Creative Rethinking for Cellular Manufacturing ..... 133

Chapter Seven: Capacity and Lot-Sizing Decisions ..... 153

Chapter Eight: Material and Production Planning in the QRM Enterprise ..... 189

Chapter Nine: POLCA-The New Material Control and Replenishment System for QRM ..... 223

Chapter Ten: Customer and Supplier Relations ..... 267

Part Three: Rethinking Office Operations ..... 301

Chapter Eleven: Principles of Quick Response for Office Operations ..... 303

Chapter Twelve: Tools to Support Q-ROC Implementation ..... 335

Chapter Thirteen: System Dynamics Principles for Quick Response ..... 363

Part Four: QRM for Rapid New Product Introduction ..... 383

Chapter Fourteen: Extending Quick Response to New Product Introduction ..... 385

Part Five: Creating the QRM Enterprise ..... 425

Chapter Fifteen: Management Mind-Set to Support QRM ..... 427

Chapter Sixteen: Organizational Structure, Performance Measurement, and Cost Systems ..... 445

Chapter Seventeen: Steps to Successful Implementation of a QRM Program ..... 497

Appendix ..... 510

Endnotes ..... 512

About the Author ..... 534

Index ..... 536