Winner of the 1998, IIE Book of the Year Award.

Factory Physics, Incorporated is proud to host the web site for the award-winning book, Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management.

Factory Physics principles constitute a body of knowledge that relates fundamental manufacturing measures such as cycle time, throughput, capacity, work-in-process, inventory, and variability. Winner of the 1998, IIE Book of the Year Award, Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management, is a comprehensive introduction to manufacturing management that starts with an overview of historical practices and then develops a framework of fundamental principles that comprehensively describe the natural behavior at work in factory operations. The authors describe 22 Laws for Manufacturing that help managers better understand, control and optimize performance of their factories.