Lean maintenance [reduce costs, improve quality, and increase market share]

• Main Author: Smith, Ricky
• Other Authors: Hawkins, Bruce
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, ©2004.
• Series: Plant engineering (Butterworth-Heinemann (Firm))
• Subjects: Production management.; Manufacturing processes.; Just-in-time systems.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781417537327; 9781592783120; 9780750677790; 9780080478906
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations.

What is "Lean?" Whether referring to manufacturing operations or maintenance, lean is about doing more with less: less effort, less space, fewer defects, less throughput time, lower volume requirements, less capital for a given level of output, etc. The need to provide the customer more va...