Zeyher's new guide to cost reduction in plant operations / Lewis R. Zeyher

Includes index.

1. Manufacturing Engineering: Starting Point for Big Savings in plant Operations -- 2. Cost Cutting in Depth Through Value Analysis -- 3. Produce A Superior Product-The Key to a Company's Survival -- 4. Beating the Competition with Better Equipment -- 5. Boosting Productivity of Maintenance Personnel and Reducing Operations Costs -- 6. Reducing the Economic Waste in Material Handling -- 7. Improving Employee Productivity with Work Sampling -- 8. Using Work Simplification for Employee Involvement in Cost Reduction -- 9. Production Standards for improving Employee Productivity -- 10. Increase your Inventory Turnover and Improve Profits -- 11. Controlling your Plant Housekeeping Costs -- 12. Reduce Insurance Premiums by Lowering your Lost Time Accident Rate -- 13. Eliminate Waste in Shipping and Receiving Department Operations -- 14. Warehousing Cost-saving Methods -- 15. Implementing Modern Paperwork Systems in Plant Operations -- Directing Minimizing Production Bottlenecks -- 17. Waging war on Energy Utilization Costs -- 18. Pinpointing Targets for Lucrative Savings in Transportation -- 19. Establishing a plant-wide Cost Reduction Program -- 20. Tools and Techniques for Cost Reduction in Plant Operations.

The effective control of costs is one of the most important responsibilities of plant management. Costs continue to rise in materials, labor, services and taxes. Likewise, management must continue to reduce operating costs to survive. There can be no negligence or relaxation in effort by any manager in this important function. This book provides a cornucopia of field-tested ideas and solutions for reducing costs. Operations most sensitive to a cost reduction campaign are identified, and suggestions advanced for the introduction of a major attack on these rising costs. In addition, techniques are indicated for the control, surveillance and maintenance of low operating costs. These methods and ideas have been successfully applied under all kinds of conditions. They work to boost efficiencies, increase productivity, lower costs and to improve customer relations, lower prices, better quality products and improved delivery schedules. It must be emphasized that to achieve optimum results the cost reduction program should be a formal approach, and not a casual effort, led by a very competent leader. Such an endeavor also requires top management support and participation.