Purchase Publications Items Available For shipments outside US or book orders requesting 10 or more books, please email the QRM Center at qrm@engr.wisc.edu or call 1-608-262-4709 for special instructions. Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times, by Rajan Suri This definitive volume on the subject of Quick Response Manufacturing demonstrates how a small but growing number of companies in the U.S. Midwest are leapfrogging their lean competitors. QRM strategy is particularly suited to reducing lead times for low-volume, high-mix or custom-engineered products. 70 Its About Time - The Competitive Advantage of Quick Response Manufacturing, by Rajan Suri While everyone knows that time is money, this book demonstrates that for manufacturing companies, time is a whole lot more money than most managers realize! This book is intended to be a quick read to convince executives to implement QRM strategy as well as an overview for all employees to help them support the QRM implementation. 45 MCT Quick Reference Guide, by Rajan Suri This handy book is a working reference for practitioners using the MCT metric. MCT is a time-based metric that supports continuous improvement projects, since it quantifies an organizations total system-wide waste. This Guide provides the key rules and guidelines for using MCT. It serves as a reminder of the main points as well as a checklist to ensure that you have taken into account the major items needed for MCT calculation and use. 9.95 Time-Based Strategies in Healthcare & Biotech Operations, edited by Ananth Krishnamurthy Many healthcare and biotech organizations have initiated Lean and Six Sigma-driven improvement efforts to improve quality and reduce costs. This report shows how time-based strategies and quick response principles can apply in healthcare and biotech settings and how they have been successfully implemented in healthcare and clinical supply chain operations. 15 The Practitioner's Guide to POLCA by Rajan Suri The Production Control System for High-mix, Low-volume and Custom Products 70 Customer/Billing Information * - Required If you are using a credit card, the information in this section should match the cardholder's information. You may enter a different shipping address below. Customers from UW-Madison should contact Center for Quick Response Manufacturing directly to order items by emailing qrm@engr.wisc.edu. *First Name *Last Name (Surname) *Street Address Street Address 2 *Company Name *City *State Select a State... Outside US Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming *Zip or Postal Code *Phone (area code) daytime/evening *E-mail Address Shipping Information Click here if billing/shipping address is the same as the buyer's address. *First Name *Last Name (Surname) *Street Address Street Address 2 *City *State Select a State... Outside US Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming *Zip or Postal Code Purchase Information Item Charge $0 Shipping Charge $0 Event Code Wisconsin Customers Only Tax Exempt Tax Exempt Number *County Select County... Outside of Wisconsin Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse LaFayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Marinette Marquette Menomonee Milwaukee Monroe NONE Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan St Croix Taylor Trepealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood Wisconsin Sales Tax $0 Total Charge $0 Payment Information Payment Type Credit Card Please carefully review your order and shipping/billing information before submitting. Credit card payments are limited to MasterCard and VISA. Thank you for your order. If you have any comments or questions regarding these materials, please contact the QRM Center qrm@engr.wisc.edu.