| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
What is the perspective of this book? -- Lean manufacturing and the Toyota production system -- Inventory and variation -- Lean manufacturing simplified -- The significance of lead time -- How to do lean--cultural change fundamentals -- How to do lean--the four strategies to becoming lean -- How to implement lean--the prescription for the lean project -- Planning and goals -- Sustaining the gains -- Cultures -- Constraint management -- Cellular manufacturing -- The story of the Alpha Line -- The story of the Bravo Line : a tale of reduced lead times and lots of early gains -- Using the prescription--three case studies -- The precursors to lean not handled well -- An experiment in variation, dependent events, and inventory -- Assessment tools -- A house of lean -- Glossary |
| Summary |
This is a practical guide on how to truly implement Lean Manufacturing enterprise wide. Lean manufacturing is a powerful formula for eliminating waste, controlling quality and inventory, and improving overall performance with the promise of huge early gains. This prescriptive guide offers real-world solutions for implementing lean manufacturing in the enterprise, covering the technical, engineering, and production aspects as well as the business culture concerns. "How To Implement Lean Manufacturing" specifies the distinct order in which a company should implement lean, and discusses common reasons why certain companies have failed in their implementations. Global case studies help readers easily apply these situations to their own companies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Production control.
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Lean manufacturing.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Technology.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Engineering.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Production & Operations Management.
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Lean manufacturing
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Production control
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| Genre/Form |
Internet resources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780071625081 |
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0071625089 |
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9780071764209 |
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0071764208 |
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9787162500074 |
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7162500072 |
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