Speed to Market: Lean Manufacturing for Job Shops FROM THE PUBLISHER
Lean manufacturing is the single most effective way to increase sales, cut costs, improve margins, and secure the future of a business. The problem is that the principles and philosophies of lean manufacturing are geared strictly to mass production operations--and can be ineffective, even detrimental, for smaller job shops and make-to-order businesses.
Now, Speed to Market delivers a proven approach for smaller suppliers who want to successfully cut their lead time and trigger profitable growth. Completely updated and expanded, the book explains how to:
* Apply the principles of pull, flow, and the elimination of waste to every area of the company, at every stage from "quotes to cash"
* Implement a continuous improvement process--while sidestepping the typical implementation pitfalls
* Ease scheduling problems
* Improve performance and profitability using the book's practical concepts, process analysis tools, and perspective-enhancing techniques--and much more.
About the Author: Vincent Bozzone (Bloomfield Hills, MI) is president of Delta Dynamics Incorporated, a consulting group that helps companies solve strategic and operating problems.
FROM THE CRITICS
Soundview Executive Book Summaries
Every manufacturer wants to grow and prosper, and one way to accomplish these goals is to cut down on lead time. Unlike other manufacturing gurus who tout traditional, big company "lean manufacturing" schemes, Bozzone focuses on job shops - smaller, "make-to-order" companies. His tactics include a "quotes to cash" process to eliminate delays; ensuring on-time delivery before an order reaches the production floor; installing nonbureaucratic, continuous improvements; and better ways to streamline floor operations. Copyright (c) 2002 Soundview Executive Book Summaries
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