Portal to Lean Production - Principles and Practices for Doing More With Less

Informationen zum Autor John Nicholas, Avi Soni Klappentext The Portal to Lean Production: Principles and Practices for Doing More with Less describes the steps, difficulties, and rewards of implementing Lean Production. The book moves beyond concepts to address practical matters. The goal of the authors is to provide enough information for you to set out and begin implementing Lean within your organization. This book applies a model-the Portal to Lean Production-to illustrate the principles and practices of lean production. The model reappears at the start of every chapter and serves to connect the concepts of each chapter with those in other chapters, and with basic Lean principles. Zusammenfassung Describes the steps, difficulties, and rewards of implementing Lean Production. This book intends to provide information for you to set out and begin implementing Lean within your organization. It applies a model to illustrate the principles and practices of lean production. Inhaltsverzeichnis Portal to Lean Production. THE JOURNEY: FIRST STEPS. Beginnings. First glimpse of a manufacturing cell. Gaining experience, Broadening the concept. Applying the cell concept plantwide. BUILDING UP STEAM. Kanban. Total productive maintenance. Quick changeover. Standard work. Focused factories. Customer-focused quality. SUSTAINING MOMENTUM. Employee involvement, workplace organization, Kaizen. Supply-chain partnerships. The Lean Enterprise. Lean culture transformation.

Product details

• Authors: John Nicholas, John (Loyola University Nicholas, Avi Soni, Soni Avi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2005
• EAN: 9780849350313
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-5031-3
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Resource Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, environmental science, engineering & technology, Other manufacturing technologies, Production engineering, Engineering: general, Production & quality control management, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Production and quality control management, Production and industrial engineering