Lean Production Simplified: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Assembly Operations Flow

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This plain language guide to the lean production system is written for practitioners by a practicing engineer, offering an insider's view of lean manufacturing as a whole and its components, its origins and underlying principles, its goals, and the activities that support involvement, such as kaizen circles and suggestion systems. Toyota's lean manufacturing system is used as an ongoing example. Dennis is an engineer who has worked with lean experts in Japan and North America.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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LEAN PRODUCTION SIMPLIFIED A Plain-Language Guide to the World’s Most Powerful Production System Pascal Dennis The author is a professional engineer, and educator with 20 years experience in manufacturing, public service, and consulting engineering. He developed his lean thinking skills on the shop floor of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and working with lean masters in Japan and North America. LEAN PRODUCTION SIMPLIFIED is a plain language guide to the lean production system. The book is organized around a central image: the "house of lean production", which will help the reader grasp the system and the factors that animate it. Additionally, the book provides an insider’s view of Toyota, and how this company continues to succeed. Features and Benefits: · connects directly to Toyota · first book on lean production written for the operator level · emphasizes the lean process as a common-sense approach · perfect book to keep on the floor as a quick reference guide


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An engineer and educator with 20 years of experience in manufacturing, Dennis offers manufacturers a plain language guide to lean production systems. Lean Production Simplified helps manufacturers grasp the system as a whole by providing a comprehensive view of Toyota's lean manufacturing system, a look into the underlying principles of lean, and an overview of the activities that support involvement, including Kaizen circles and suggestion systems. Copyright (c) 2003 Soundview Executive Book Summaries


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