It's time for manufacturers to make choices and fix outdated processes. A new book, The Perfect Engine: How to Win in the New Demand Economy by Building to Order With Fewer Resources, tells how to create a manufacturing environment that's focused on continuous improvement. Authors Anand Sharma, founder of TBM Consulting Group, and Patricia E. Moody, management consultant, explain the LeanSigma Transformation, a combination of lean production and quality elements from the Six Sigma process.
The Free Press, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster
(212) 698-7144

Need to find a qualified warehouse and logistics service company? The 2001-2002 Membership Directory of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) can help. The directory includes contact information for more than 1,500 locations operating about 400 million square feet of public and contract warehouse space throughout the world. IWLA members say they aim to provide solid partnerships with customers and help them find time-saving and cost-effective solutions.
International Warehouse Logistics Association
(847) 292-1981

If you want to know more about the tools and methods that increase the effectiveness, accuracy and productivity of warehousing operations, then pick up a copy of World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling by Edward H. Frazelle, Ph.D., president and CEO of Logistics Resources International and founder of The Logistics Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology. The book explains how to improve productivity, quality and cycle time. Topics covered include activity profiling, automation, receiving and order picking.
Logistics Resources International
(770) 509-2572