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Tompkins, James Arthur was born on December 8, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Carroll Arthur and Evelyn Angela (Smith) Tompkins.
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Facilities Planning
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When it comes to facilities planning, engineers turn to this book to explore the most current practices. The new edition continues to guide them through each step in the planning process. The updated material includes more discussions on economics, the supply chain, and ports of entry. It takes a more global perspective while incorporating new case studies to show how the information is applied in the field. Many of the chapters have been streamlined as well to focus on the most relevant topics. All of this will help engineers approach facilities planning with creativity and precision.
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Facilities Planning
(This revision incorporates all the significant advances t...)
This revision incorporates all the significant advances that have occurred in the past decade; including advances in facilities planning, material handling, and computing technologies, as well as engineering and management philosophies. It focuses on the determination of the requirements for people, equipment, space, and material in the facility. It presents concepts and techniques to facilitate the generation of alternative facilities plans and continues to focus on generating alternative facilities plans. It also presents a variety of quantitative approaches that can be used to model specific aspects of facilities planning problems and discusses the treatment of facilities planning.
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Winning Manufacturing: The How-To Book of Successful Manufacturing
(This practical book provides a blueprint for the dramatic...)
This practical book provides a blueprint for the dramatic improvement of any company's manufacturing operation on an ongoing basis. It presents and details twenty "Requirements of Success" for pursuing successful manufacturing including: costs, product development, marketing, lead times, material flow, inventories, maintenance, quality, and human resources. This book was originally published in 1989 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers in the USA and was sold by the Institute primarily to its membership.
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- The Warehouse Management Handbook by James A. Tompkins (1988-05-01)
- Winning Manufacturing: The How-to Book of Successful Manufacturing
- Facilities Planning (Price stamp on the second page. Small water stain on the ...)
- The Warehouse Management Handbook (Today warehousing is accepted as a vital and important pr...)
James Arthur Tompkins
Edit Profileindustrial engineer consulting firm executive
James Arthur Tompkins, consulting firm executive, industrial engineer. Recipient Reed Apple award Material Handling Institute, 1985, numerous others. Member Institute Industrial Engineers (president 1990), International Materials Management Society (president 1986), College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (president 1984).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1969; Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1972.
Career
Senior scientist, Research Triangle Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1975-1977; professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1975-1978; president, Tompkins Associations Inc., Raleigh, since 1978. Director Material Handling Education Foundation, 1990.
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Facilities Planning
(This revision incorporates all the significant advances t...)
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Winning Manufacturing: The How-To Book of Successful Manufacturing
(This practical book provides a blueprint for the dramatic...)
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Facilities Planning
(When it comes to facilities planning, engineers turn to t...)
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The Warehouse Management Handbook
(Today warehousing is accepted as a vital and important pr...)
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Facilities Planning
(Price stamp on the second page. Small water stain on the ...)
- The Warehouse Management Handbook by James A. Tompkins (1988-05-01)
- Winning Manufacturing: The How-to Book of Successful Manufacturing
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Facilities Planning
Membership
Member Institute Industrial Engineers (president 1990), International Materials Management Society (president 1986), College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (president 1984).
Connections
Married Sharon Marie Steffens, August 17, 1968. Children: Tiffany, Jamie, Jimmy.
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Republican
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1972