1. Your Life Is Manufactured: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better by Tim Minshall
A deep dive into manufacturing and supply chain resilience, combining engaging case studies and timely global analysis—praised by Financial Times and The Guardian for its clarity and insight .
2.Machinery’s Handbook (32nd Edition)
The essential reference for machining, materials, metrology, and standards. Called the “bible of the metalworking industries,” it’s indispensable for hands‑on engineering work.
3. Production Engineering: A Textbook by P.C. Sharma
Widely used in Indian academia (e.g., GATE prep), this text thoroughly covers manufacturing processes, PDC, work system design, and quality control
4. Industrial Engineering and Management by O.P. Khanna
A core undergraduate textbook, offering in-depth treatments of production planning, inventory, OR, plant layout, and industrial economics—popular among students and practitioners.
5. The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinertsen
A modern lean/flow approach to product development and operations, highly rated in industrial production management circles.