Book description
World-class tools for businesses to create their own manufacturing best practices
Providing best practices used throughout the manufacturing sector,
Manufacturing Best Practices takes currently available
manufacturing tools, such as six Sigma, Lean, ISO and Statistical
Process Control (SPC), combined with real world experience, and shows
how they can be used to create a culture or philosophy within an organization.
- Shows that it is not the tools that make best practices, but
rather the mindset that can be developed through the use of the tools
- Provides best practices for manufacturers to pick those that are
most applicable to their needs
- Written for CEOs, CFOs, controllers, and line managers in the
manufacturing sector
Manufacturing Best Practices closely examines the processes,
protocols, and philosophies that are used in manufacturing so
companies can create their own best practices scenario.
Bobby Hull is Corporate Systems Analyst at BGF Industries Inc.,
formerly known as Burlington Industries, Inc., and cofounder of
Questworks Productions, a company specializing in computer training,
Web site design, graphic design, staff development workshops, stress
reduction workshops, quality control consulting, and auditing. In his
analyst position, Hull focuses on designing and implementing quality
control and business intelligence solutions for various divisions of
BGF Industries, a multimillion-dollar textile company. Prior to this
role, Hull spent over ten years as a senior quality engineer,
coordinating all facets of the BGF quality control program, including
the redesign of several quality subsystems to meet the requirements of
ISO 9001:2000. During his more than thirty years with BGF Industries,
Hull has performed in the capacity of Finishing Inspector, Lab
Technician, Crew Leader, and Manager of their QC laboratory. Hull
holds a Doctorate of Divinity from the American Institute of Holistic
Theology, Birmingham, Alabama, and has completed course work in
chemistry at the University of Richmond and in Fine Arts at Lynchburg College.
