How to implement lean manufacturing /
Wilson, Lonnie,
How to implement lean manufacturing / Lonnie Wilson - xv, 316 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780071625074 (alk. paper) 0071625070 (alk. paper)
2009027013
GBA972708 bnb
015332884 Uk
Production control.
Lean manufacturing.
658.5
How to implement lean manufacturing / Lonnie Wilson - xv, 316 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780071625074 (alk. paper) 0071625070 (alk. paper)
2009027013
GBA972708 bnb
015332884 Uk
Production control.
Lean manufacturing.
658.5
