By: The Perfect Engine: How to Win in the New Demand Economy by Building to Order With Fewer Resources By Anand Sharma and Patricia E. Moody Free Press 304 pages, $30
Two well-known manufacturing experts offer a new manufacturing technique - a combination of lean production and Six Sigma quality principles that has led to a decrease in average production time and capital investment, an increase in productivity and a reduction in lead time. The book also discusses how the Internet will transform manufacturing.
