How To Implement Lean Manufacturing
How To Implement Lean Manufacturing

How To Implement Lean Manufacturing


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A Practical, Hands-on Guide to Lean Manufacturing This real-world resource offers proven solutions for implementing lean manufacturing in an enterprise environment, covering the engineering and production aspects as well as the business culture concerns. Filled with detailed examples, the book focuses on the rapid application of lean principles so that large, early financial gains can be made. How to Implement Lean Manufacturing explains Toyota Production System (TPS) practices and specifies the distinct order in which lean techniques should be applied to achieve maximum gains. Global case studies illustrate successes and pitfalls of lean manufacturing initiatives. Discover how to: Rigorously test and retest the state of your "leanness" with unique evaluators Develop and deploy plant-wide strategies and goals Improve speed and quality and dramatically reduce costs Reduce variation in the manufacturing system in order to reduce inventory Reduce lead times to enable improved responsiveness and flexibility Synchronize production and supply to the customer Create flow and establish pull-demand systems Perform system-wide and specific value-stream evaluations Generate a comprehensive list of highly focused Kaizen activities Sustain process gains Manage constraints and reduce bottlenecks Implement cellular manufacturing

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. What Is the Perspective of This Book Chapter 2. Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System Chapter 3. Inventory and Variation Chapter 4. Lean Manufacturing Simplified Chapter 5. The Significance of Lead Time Chapter 6. How to Do Lean--Cultural Change Fundamentals Chapter 7. How to Do Lean--The Four Strategies to Becoming Lean Chapter 8. How to Implement Lean--The Prescription for the Lean Project Chapter 9. Planning and Goals Chapter 10. Sustaining the Gains Chapter 11. Cultures Chapter 12. Constraint Management Chapter 13. Cellular Manufacturing Chapter 14. The Story of the Alpha Line Chapter 15. The Story of the Bravo Line: A Tale of Reduced Lead Times and Lots of Early Gains Chapter 16. Using the Prescription--Three Case Studies Chapter 17. The Precursors to Lean Not Handled Well Chapter 18. An Experiment in Variation, Dependent Events, and Inventory Chapter 19. Assessment Tools Chapter 20. A House of Lean Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Lonnie Wilson has been teaching and implementing Lean techniques for over 39 years. His experience spans 20 years with an international oil company where he held a number of management positions. Then in 1990 he founded Quality Consultants which teaches and applies Lean techniques to not only small entrepreneurs but also Fortune 500 firms, principally in the United States, Mexico and Canada.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780071625074
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 193 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0071625070
  • Publisher Date: 16 Aug 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 729 gr


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