Lean production for competitive advantage : a comprehensive guide to lean methodologies and management practices

• Main Author: Nicholas, John M., 1945- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Productivity Press, c2011
• Subjects: výrobní management; ekonomická efektivnost; management jakosti; řízení nákladů; production management; economic efficiency; quality control; cost control; monografie; monographs
• ISBN: 9781439820964
• Physical Description: xxv, 499 s. : il. ; 26 cm

Table of Contents:

• Race without a finish line
• Fundamentals of continuous improvement
• Value added and waste elimination
• Customer-focused quality
• Small lot production
• Set-up time reduction
• Maintaining and improving equipment
• Pull production systems
• Focused factories and group technology
• Workcells and cellular manufacturing
• Standard operations
• Quality at the source and mistake-proofing
• Uniform flow and mixed-model scheduling
• Synchronizing and balancing the process
• Planning and control in pull production
• Lean production in the supply chain