Lean Manufacturing FROM THE PUBLISHER
There are some very good books available that explain the Lean Manufacturing theory and touch on implementing its techniques. However, you cannot learn "how to be" lean from merely reading the theory. And to be successful in the real-work environment you need a clear comprehension of how lean techniques work, rather than just a remote understanding of what they are. You need to know what does and does not work in different situations. And you need the benefit of practical experience in their implementation.Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them gives you the benefit of author and practitioner William Feld's 15 years of hands-on experience - and the lessons he's learned. Feld provides insight into the appropriate use of assessment, analysis, design, and, most importantly, deployment of a successful lean manufacturing program. Packed with practical advice and tips but not bogged down in theory, this book covers how, why, when, and what to do while implementing lean manufacturing. It equips you with the tools and techniques you need along with an understanding of how and why they work. Feld explores why an integrated approach is so much more beneficial in securing sustained improvement. He focuses on the interdependency of the Five Primary Elements: organization, metrics, logistics, manufacturing flow, and process control. He describes a proven, applied approach to creating a lean program using these elements. To keep up globally, and even locally, your manufacturing operation must be responsive, flexible, predictable, and consistent. You must continually improve manufacturing operations and cultivate a self directed work force driven by output based,customer performance criteria. By applying what you learn from Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them you can build a workforce - and an organization - with the capacity to satisfy world class expectations now and into the future. Lean Manufacturing-A "Holistic" View Lean Manufacturing Approach THE FIVE PRIMARY ELEMENTS Organization Elements Metrics Element Logistics Element Manufacturing Flow Element Processing Control Element Sustaining the Change PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Setting the Stage How it Begins The Game Plan Lean Assessment Current State Gap Future State Design Deployment The Results Operations Redesign Program Kaizen Event Based Lean Program High Volume Focused Factory Project Kaizen Event Based Focused Factory Pilot Assembly Production Unit Project High Volume and Low Volume Cell Project
SYNOPSIS
There are some very good books available that explain the Lean Manufacturing theory and touch on implementing its techniques. However, you cannot learn "how to be" lean from merely reading the theory. And to be successful in the real-work environment you need a clear comprehension of how lean techniques work, rather than just a remote understanding of what they are. You need to know what does and does not work in different situations. And you need the benefit of practical experience in their implementation.
Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them gives you the benefit of author and practitioner William Feld's 15 years of hands-on experience - and the lessons he's learned. Feld provides insight into the appropriate use of assessment, analysis, design, and, most importantly, deployment of a successful lean manufacturing program. Packed with practical advice and tips but not bogged down in theory, this book covers how, why, when, and what to do while implementing lean manufacturing. It equips you with the tools and techniques you need along with an understanding of how and why they work.
Feld explores why an integrated approach is so much more beneficial in securing sustained improvement. He focuses on the interdependency of the Five Primary Elements: organization, metrics, logistics, manufacturing flow, and process control. He describes a proven, applied approach to creating a lean program using these elements.
To keep up globally, and even locally, your manufacturing operation must be responsive, flexible, predictable, and consistent. You must continually improve manufacturing operations and cultivate a self directed work forcedriven by output based, customer performance criteria. By applying what you learn from Lean Manufacturing: Tools, Techniques, and How to Use Them you can build a workforce - and an organization - with the capacity to satisfy world class expectations now and into the future.
Features: Gives you a clear understanding of how the techniques work from inception of a project to application in a factory Covers the Five Primary Elements concept and explores each element in detail Provides tools and techniques that can be used in high volume/low mix or low volume high mix product environments Uses case studies of six companies that have changed their business environments to illustrate the proper use of the tools and techniques Includes information based on the author's personal research, true life experiences, and lessons learned through implementation
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Lean manufacturing allows a company to use half of the amount of labor, manufacturing space, investment tools, and engineering hours of normal mass production. This book was written to give the general manufacturing practitioner a reference guide by which to lead the successful design and deployment of a lean manufacturing program. The information is geared for operations with 300-500 employees, and is aimed at the plant manager, project manager or manufacturing manager. Four sections make up the book: the first explains why a holistic approach is important; the second outlines five primary elements of the author's theory; the third, through a story, shows how these elements are implemented; and the fourth presents six different case studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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