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Informationen zum Autor As a TPM expert, Dennis has pioneered the integration of TPM with Lean and Six Sigma improvement processes as a lever for cross functional collaboration and high performance teamwork. Described by one senior international manager as a true 'Sensei of Change', he has supported many well-respected and award winning companies including 3M, Ford, General Motors, GE, IKEA, Heineken and Johnson Matthey across Europe, India, USA, China and Japan. Professor Rich is a renowned academic and expert in productivity management and the application of lean enterprise methods. With Professor Dan Jones, he was a founding member of the Lean Enterprise Research Centre in 1994 and he now directs CLEAR – the Centre for Lean Enterprise Application and Research. Nick was trained by Toyota in Japan during the 1990s whilst at Cardiff Business School, he has co-authored several government reports, holds a number of honorary Professorships at UK and international Universities, and is highly regarded as an academic who can translate his research into practice. His research concerns the design and improvement of Highly Reliable Organisations and he spends his time split between manufacturing, service, and healthcare sectors. Merging the benefits of two well-known methodologies, lean thinking and total productive maintenance (TPM), Lean TPM provides an accessible, step-by-step guide to increased manufacturing efficiency. Based on their experience of working with organizations that have successfully achieved outstanding performance, McCarthy and Rich provide the tools and techniques to convert strategic vision into practical reality. Packed with real-life case studies and examples to highlight common pitfalls and proven approaches, the book focuses on the continuous improvement that can be achieved within any manufacturing environment by challenging wasteful working practices, releasing the potential of the workforce, and making processes work as planned. Lean TPM provides an integrated route map and comprehensive benchmark data for engineers, technicians and managers to fully explore this potent technique. ...
List of contents
1. The Business of Survival and Growth
2. The Lean TPM Master Plan
3. Policy Deployment: Aligning People, Processes and Products Profitably
4. The Change Mandate: A Top Down/Bottom-Up Partnership
5. Transforming the Business Model
6. Process Stabilization
7. Process Optimisation
8. Moving Beyond the Factory
9. Sustaining the Improvement Drive
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