Books in the The Oliver Wight Companies series

A must-read for manufacturing and quality professionals responsible for distribution, production, and inventory planning, this guide offers detailed coverage of important PIM methods, including just-in-time planning, master production scheduling, capacity planning, and the new efficient Customer Response.

Follow the "Proven Path" to successful implementation of enterprise resource planning Effective forecasting, planning, and scheduling is fundamental to productivity-and ERP is a fundamental way to achieve it.

An updated edition of the successful 1995 book, this second edition explains how companies can organize an inventory record accuracy program quickly, while achieving Class A levels of record accuracy. This edition covers all the new tools and techniques used to manage inventory systems. Many new topics have been added.

In this new edition of Gaining Control, the authors present best practices for optimizing control of manufacturing processes to meet business objectives. This reliable resource includes real solutions for measurable improvements in effectiveness, employee engagement, and morale.

Oliver Wight is one of the pioneers of Manufacture Resource Planning (MRPII). Here he introduces the essential concepts and benefits of MRPII in a practical format with easy-to-follow question-and-answer format.

An in-depth, eye-opening look at Purchasing in the 21st Century. This invaluable resource demonstrates how to improve purchasing operations through supplier scheduling and the integration of purchasing with other initiatives such as Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), Just-in-Time (JIT), and Total Quality Management (TQM).