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The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Lean Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, Second Edition

The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Lean Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, Second Edition


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Following in the tradition of its bestselling predecessor, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Lean Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, Second Edition outlines a comprehensive, proven process for delivering world-class performance while also cultivating the right culture through leadership, mentoring, and hourly asso

Table of Contents:
Leading the Revolution From the Top. 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence. The Manufacturing Excellence Strategy. Manufacturing Principle 1: Safety. Manufacturing Principle 2: Good Housekeeping and Organization. Manufacturing Principle 3: Authorized Formal Systems. Manufacturing Principle 4: Preventive/Predictive Maintenance. Manufacturing Principle 5: Process Capability. Manufacturing Principle 6: Product Quality. Manufacturing Principle 7: Delivery Performance. Manufacturing Principle 8: Visual Management. Manufacturing Principle 9: Continuous Improvement. Manufacturing Principle 10: Communication. Manufacturing Principle 11: Training. Leading Manufacturing Excellence. Manufacturing Principle 12: Operator-Led Process Control. Plant Manager‘s Role. Manufacturing Managers Role. Materials Manager‘s Role. Process Engineering Manager‘s Role. Maintenance Manager‘s Role. Quality Manager‘s Role. Human Resources Manager‘s Role. Sustaining Manufacturing Excellence. Appendices: The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence. Manufacturing Excellence Audit. Manufacturing Excellence Reading List, 1986 2010. Formulas for Selected Metrics. Example of a Communications Plan Calendar. Example of a Training Plan.

About the Author :
Larry E. Fast is a veteran of 35 years in the wire and cable industry, 27 of those in senior management roles at Belden for 25 years and General Cable for 10. As Belden‘s VP of Manufacturing he led a transformation of plants in the late 80s and early 90s that included cellularizing about 80% of the equipment around common products and routings (known today as value streams) and the use of what we now know as Lean and Six Sigma tools. In 1997, he joined General Cable Corporation (GCC), one of the worlds largest wire and cable companies. As the Senior Vice President of Operations, Fast launched a manufacturing excellence strategy in 1999 that became an enterprise-wide priority in 2001. After a 1999 acquisition he had 28 plants reporting to him as well as Corporate Sourcing, Quality, Manufacturing Systems and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering. Later as plants were consolidated to less than 20, he was given expanded responsibility for the North American Supply Chain. Since the launch of the Manufacturing Excellence strategy at GCC in 1999, there have been 34 Industry Week "Best Plants Finalists including 12 "Best Plants" winners since 2001. His book, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence A Lean Leader‘s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, 2nd. Edition, was released September, 2015 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, as a Productivity Press book. The original book, a best seller, was published in October, 2011. Fast holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Administration from Indiana University. He also is a graduate of Earlham College‘s Institute for Executive Growth and successfully completed the thirteen week "Program for Management Development" at the Harvard University School of Business. Fast is a long-time member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and a Director for the Southeast Region since 2009. He h

Review :
"Must read for any plant manager that wants to take their organization to the highest level. Larry in his 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence provides a roadmap and gives sound practical advise that will focus any manufacturing organization." - James L. Odom, President, Breakthrough Strategies, LLC


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  • ISBN-13: 9781040082102
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Productivity Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1040082106
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2015
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: A Lean Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, Second Edition


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