How to implement lean manufacturing

• Main Author: Wilson, Lonnie, 1947- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010
• Subjects: výrobní management; ekonomika výroby; ekonomická efektivnost; production management; production economics; economic efficiency; štíhlá výroba; příručky; handbooks, manuals, etc
• ISBN: 9780071625074 0-07-162507-0
• Physical Description: xv, 316 s. : il. ; 25 cm

Table of Contents:

• What is the perspective of this book?
• Lean manufacturing and the Toyota production system
• Inventory and variation
• Lean manufacturing simplified
• The significance of lead time
• How to do lean--cultural change fundamentals
• How to do lean--the four strategies to becoming lean
• How to implement lean--the prescription for the lean project
• Planning and goals
• Sustaining the gains
• Cultures
• Constraint management
• Cellular manufacturing
• The story of the Alpha Line
• The story of the Bravo Line : a tale of reduced lead times and lots of early gains
• Using the prescription--three case studies
• The precursors to lean not handled well
• An experiment in variation, dependent events, and inventory
• Assessment tools
• A house of lean
• Glossary