Michael D. Holloway

Spend Analysis and Specification Development Using Failure Interpretation (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Detailing a time-tested method for increasing productivity and lowering operational costs, this book explains how to establish performance-based procurement specifications for the items that contribute the most to operational downtime and repair/replacement costs. The text provides the real-world understanding of the influential components and m

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 367
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439851081
• Artikelnr.: 57123075

Autorenporträt

Michael Holloway has 25 years of industrial experience. His background includes organic and polymer synthesis as well as laboratory- to pilot-scale material manufacturing for Olin Chemical (Wilmington, Massachusetts), military and aerospace product development of sealants and coatings for Parker-Hannifin (Cleveland, Ohio), product engineering microelectronic photoresists for Rohm & Haas Electronic Chemicals (Midland, Michigan), technical marketing and application engineering for General Electric Plastics (Fairfield, Connecticut), sales and marketing management of automated dispensing systems for Graco (Minneapolis, Minnesota), and most currently as director of reliability and technical development of industrial and heavy equipment lubrication for NCH Corporation (Irving, Texas). Through the course of his career, Holloway has been involved in training customers and associates, giving seminars, as well as authoring numerous papers and articles as well as presenting novel concepts and case studies at national conferences. He has served as a contributing writer for Manufacturing.net, ASSEMBLY magazine, PlantServices magazine, Render magazine, and Lubrication and Fluid Power magazine.

Holloway has been master black belt trained in Six Sigma, served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas, and was managing editor for Porsche Club of America's Slipstream. He holds a BA in philosophy and a BS in chemistry from Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, and an MS in polymer engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Buying to Save Cost & Value. Performance and Quality. OEM
Concerns; Warranties, Recalls and False Claims. Operation and Time Costs.
Profit Return from a Purchase. Cost and Value. Cost of Failure. Return on
Investment. Source of Failure. Define Failure. Identify Failure Modes from
Man, Method, Material and Machine. Understand the Fundamentals of a
Documentation Method. Documenting the Information Gathered. Items with the
Greatest Influence. Failure Modes of the Items for Proper Performance
Selection. Sources of Industry Standards. Fundamental Specification.
Writing the Purchasing Specification. The Scope. Product Application
Requirements. Terms. Price per Units, Payments, Incentives, and Penalties.
Contractual Terms and Conditions. Requirements of Reply. Evaluation
Process. Selection and Audits. Green Purchasing and Corporate Social
Responsibility. Appendix.