Springer Production Development: Design and Operation of Production Systems

Production development is about improving existing industrial production systems and developing new ones. This reference details a holistic perspective on the production system and its design process during the whole system lifecycle. Review The book is an excellent input to the debate on the importance of local production – and it really can be a help in creating company specific guidelines. I can recommend this book to all technical schools but as well to plant and production managers in the manufacturing business. Anders RydahlSenior Advisor Electrolux AB From the Back Cover The need for developing the area of industrial production is greater than ever, both for individual manufacturing companies and for national industries as a whole in the fight to maintain competitiveness in a global market. Outsourcing is not the only answer to the question of how to reduce product cost; on the contrary, continuously developing production is a way of both controlling costs and of utilizing production as a competitive means in the business strategy. Production development is about improving existing production systems and developing new ones. The production system should be developed in integration with the product, as a part of the overall product realization process, and not in sequence after the product has already been designed. Production Development: Design and Operation of Production Systems takes a holistic viewpoint on the production system and its design process during the whole system life cycle. A working procedure demonstrating how to design and realize the production system is presented, together with a number of related production development aspects. Production Development: Design and Operation of Production Systems is illustrated with a large number of figures and industrial examples. The book can be used as a reference for teachers and students, or as a manual for professionals within the field of production. About the Author Monica Bellgran, PhD, currently works with global and strategic production issues as Director of Production Technology and Systems at Haldex AB (headquartered in Stockholm). She has also held the position of Adjunct Professor at Mälardalen University, Sweden, since 2006. Monica Bellgran was previously Production Engineering Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment Component Division in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Before that, she was a researcher within the production field from 1990 onward. Her main research interests are within the area of production systems, production development and lean & green production. Kristina Säfsten is working as an assistant professor in Production Systems at the School of Engineering, Jönköping University, Sweden. She has been a researcher within the production field since 1995. Her main research interests are production development, operations management and the interface between product development and production.