Includes index.

Contents: The Manufacturing environment: Productivity and manufacturing management -- Background of manufacturing management -- Modern manufacturing management -- Engineering considerations: Engineering considerations: Engineering functions and activities -- Research and development -- The Manufacturing system: Organization and planning for manufacturing -- Design of manufacturing processes -- Industrial equipment -- Industrial maintenance -- Methods engineering -- Work measurement -- Materials handling -- Physical facilities -- Manufacturing cost control: Fundamentals of control -- Cost control -- Materials flow control: Inventory management and control -- Purchasing -- Production planning and control -- Quality: Quality assurance -- Quality control -- Human resources: Human resource management -- Labor relations -- Wage and salary administration -- Financial considerations: Forms of ownership -- Financial management -- Marketing management: Marketing -- Sales.