Small Manufacturer’s Tool Kit - Steve Novak

This is the first book a manufacturing small business decision maker should get, read and understand. Novak has written a well documented guide to selecting the techniques and systems to help the small manufacturer succeed.

This book reviews and discusses all the current thought on manufacturing excellence. From the basics like inventory management, Scheduling and MRP to Lean, Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma and ERP and everything in between.

By doing such a thorough job of laying out the advantages and disadvantages of each technique and system and how they interrelate (and more importantly never displaying any bias towards any of them), Novak enables the owner make informed decisions.