Lean manufacturing that works : powerful tools for dramatically reducing waste and maximizing profits

If your manufacturing organization is slow and inefficient, it's time to slim down. Here's a proven ""weight loss"" plan.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author Carreira, Bill
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : American Management Association, ©2005.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613448311
1613448317
9780814472378
0814472370
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 295 pages) : illustrations

Cover

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction: The Why; Chapter 1 Customer Satisfaction; Chapter 2 Cost and Profit; Chapter 3 Metrics; Chapter 4 Cash Flow; Chapter 5 Inventory and Carrying Cost; Chapter 6 Velocity, Throughput, and Lead Time; Chapter 7 Batch and Queue vs. Lean Flow; Chapter 8 Waste; Chapter 9 ValueAdded, Non-Value-Added, Required Non-Value-Added; Chapter 10 Doing a Baseline; Chapter 11 Doing a Baseline, Day 1; Chapter 12 Doing a Baseline, Day 2; Chapter 13 Doing a Baseline, Day 3; Chapter 14 Doing a Baseline, Day 4; Chapter 15 Doing a Baseline, Day 5; Chapter 16 Lean-Engineering Ana
  • Chapter 17 Seeking BalanceChapter 18 The 5S System; Chapter 19 Setup Reduction; Chapter 20 Total Productive Maintenance (TPM); Conclusion The Why: The Psychology of Lean; Index