Richard Muther is the Founder and Chairman of Richard Muther & Associates. He is widely respected as an industrial engineer and management consultant, and has been called the father of systematic facilities planning.[被成为系统设施规划的鼻祖] Over the years, Mr. Muther has participated in more than 1000 consulting and professional planning projects. The many clients he has personally assisted include: Deere & Co., Olin Corp., Cummins Engine, Kenworth Truck, Volvo, Phillips, Japan Management Association, and the Ministry of Machinery of the People Republic of China. Mr. Muther formerly held management positions with Remington Arms, Chrysler, Peerless Machinery, and Vendo. He also served on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught at the U.S. Navy School of Management and Industrial Engineering. 
      An award-winning engineer, Mr. Muther is best known for developing the following widely-used techniques[创立与发展了的一些方法和技术]:

1.Systematic Layout Planning (SLP),

2.Systematic Planning of Industrial Facilities,

3.the Mag-Count measure of material and package transportability[物料运输中马格当量的计算方法],

4.High Performance Planning.

      A prolific writer, Richard Muther has authored the following books[相关著作]:

Production Line Technique, Practical Plant Layout, Systematic Layout Planning (SLP), Systematic Handling Analysis (SHA), Office Layout Planning, Systematic Planning of Industrial Facilities, Creating Personal Success, High Performance Planning, and others. He has also contributed to four popular handbooks, two encyclopedias, and is the author of more than 100 technical papers and magazine articles. His works have been translated into several languages and are used throughout the industrial world.
   Recipient of the prestigious Gilbreth Medal for outstanding contributions to industrial engineering [吉尔布雷斯奖，工业工程领域的巨大贡献], Richard Muther has also received Reed-Apple Award, the Materials Handling Award of the Society for the Advancement of Management, the Honor Award of the International Material Management Society, and an Engineering Citation from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
    Mr. Muther is a founder and past President of the Association of Professional Material Handling Consultants, and a Fellow in the Society for the Advancement of Management. Mr. Muther  memberships include: the Institute of Management Consultants, the Materials Handling & Management Society, and the World Futures Society. He founded and chairs the Institute of High Performance Planners, an international association of professionals devoted to advancing the science of planning. 

    Richard Muther holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[麻省理工学院的本科和硕士]. He received an honorary doctorate ScD(hc) from Lund University in Sweden and is a registered Professional Engineer.

Family of Systematic Planning Methods [Richard Muther创立和发展的，目前仍然流行的物流设施规划手法] 
Richard Muther & Associates机构提供 

1. Systematic Layout Planning (SLP)
SLP is the world's most practical and organized method for rearranging existing or laying out new facilities. It is adaptable to factories, warehouses, offices, labs, hospitals... Published in book form in nine languages, SLP is also available on video. SLP is the procedural basis for most commercial software used by space and layout planners. For an overview and example of manufacturing plant layout click here. 
2. Systematic Planning of Manufacturing Cells (SPMC)
SPMC is the world's most practical and comprehensive method for planning manufacturing cells and production lines. SPMC generates physical plans and operating procedures for single-piece or small-batch flow. SPMC also addresses motivation, training, job design, and performance measurement. Published in book form, SPMC is also available on video. 
3.Systematic Handling Analysis (SHA)
SHA is a companion to the well-recognized SLP and the basis for commercial software used in factory and warehouse flow studies. SHA guides equipment selection and move planning, and ensures a cost-effective material handling system. SHA includes Mag Count (and Macromag) -- a way to measure the "transportability" of materials, before knowing the method of moving them. SHA is published in booklet form. 
4.Systematic Container Planning (SCP)
A companion method to SHA, SCP guides the specification and selection of industrial containers. When the logistics plan calls for returnable containers, SCP assures an effective total system. SCP applies to all levels of container movement -- within workcells, between cells and supermarkets within a plant, or between the plant and its external suppliers and customers. 
5.LEANplan
LEANplan uses value stream mapping to plan for lean operations -- plant wide or across the supply chain. When used with the other Muther methods, LEANplan is the Master method.?SLP, SPMC, SHA, and others follow as needed to enable and support the lean operating plan. 
 
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