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How To Implement Lean Manufacturing

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McGraw Hill Professional, Aug 11, 2009 - Technology & Engineering - 336 pages

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

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Really I wonder why this book is not recommended for Students in Supply Chain & Operations Management -University of Liverpool- Online students- Reaaly I found the lecture notes seems mostly derived from it. I hope to be recommended at lleast as optional book.
ELSIR M BASHIR Sudanese - Saudi Arabia
MSc in Operations And Supply Chain Management -UK- University of Liverpool
 

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getAbstract Book Review: How to Implement Lean Manufacturing
Lonnie Wilson brings decades of experience to this practical guide. He shows you how to put lean manufacturing to work in the real
world without the usual windbag textbook theories and with plentiful examples. getAbstract finds that he provides solid information about what you need to do (and don’t need to do) to maximize lean’s benefits for your company. Wilson is clear and strikingly passionate. His manual is not difficult to understand, but it is somewhat technical. He directs his lessons – and his informed opinions – toward those who already know a good bit about manufacturing processes. He explains how Toyota uses lean within its Toyota Production System, but he also discusses how you can put lean into practice. Wilson describes how important corporate culture is to implementing lean manufacturing and notes which aspects of your organization must align with its approach. The book is full of checklists, assessments and charts to help you get to its core principles easily and grasp them quickly without ever getting lost in a fog of philosophy.
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Contents

1 What Is the Perspective of This Book?
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2 Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System
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3 Inventory and Variation
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About the author (2009)

Lonnie Wilson founded Quality Consultants which serves small and Fortune 500 firms. He has 20 years of experience in manufacturing management with an international oil company.

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