WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING

WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING

Abstract

Every commercial organization is focused on making profit. Manufacturing companies are special within these enterprises because they make their products themselves. The objectives of Manufacturing Companies are to satisfy the needs of the customer who wants:

1.    Products of consistent high quality
2.    Delivery On Time In Full amount ordered
3.    Products at the lowest possible cost level.
World Class Manufacturing [WCM] is the collective term for the most effective methodologies and techniques to realize these objectives.  

WCM is the result of many centuries’ of production knowledge and ability. Starting with the guild structure in the Middle Ages, this knowledge and ability evolved via the manufacturing in the 18th century, scientific management/mass production, socio-technology and lean production in de twentieth century into the State-of-the-Art manufacturing companies in the beginning of the 21st century: World Class Manufacturing.

Well-known WCM methodologies and techniques are TPM, EFQM, Kaizen, TQM, Six Sigma, JIT, and Lean Manufacturing.