Title: Lean Systems : Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare Author: David Dietrich, Elizabeth A Cudney, Sandra L. Furterer ISBN: 1466556803 / 9781466556805 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 328 Publisher: Productivity Press Year: 2014 Availability: In Stock
Description
Contents
Lean Systems : Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare details the various Lean techniques and numerous real-world Lean projects drawn from a wide variety of manufacturing, healthcare, and service processes, demonstrating how to apply the Lean philosophy.
The book facilitates Lean instruction by supplying interactive case studies that enable readers to apply the various Lean techniques. It provides an in-depth discussion of the Lean tools (i.e., VSM, standard work, 5S, etc.) and several real-world case studies and applications of Lean that have shown significant improvement in meeting customer requirements. The case studies follow the Six Sigma framework of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) structure for process improvement. The authors include detailed descriptions of each Lean tool and examples of how each Lean technique was applied to a wide variety of manufacturing, service, and healthcare processes.
These in-depth descriptions and cases studies can be used by industry professionals and academics to learn how to apply Lean. They provide a detailed, step-by-step approach to Lean and demonstrate how to integrate Lean tools for process improvement and to sustain improvements. But more than this, the approach taken in this book gives readers the tools to effectively apply Lean techniques.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Section I : Overview and Introduction to Lean
Chapter 1 : Instructional Strategies for Using This Book Chapter 2 : Lean Six Sigma Roadmap Overview
Section II : Lean Tools and Step-by-Step Implementation
Chapter 3 : Value Stream Mapping Chapter 4 : Using 5S and Visual Management to Create a Clean and Manageable Work Environment Chapter 5 : Using Single-Minute Exchange of Dies and Total Productive Maintenance to Reduce Setup Time and Downtime Chapter 6 : Flow, Pull, and Kanban Chapter 7 : Mistake Proofing (aka Poka-Yoke) : Preventing Defects by Monitoring Process Conditions and Correcting Errors at the Source Chapter 8 : Standard Work : Documenting the Interaction between People and Their Environment Chapter 9 : Systems Thinking and Theory of Constraints Chapter 10 : Hoshin Kanri
Section III : Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare Case Studies
Chapter 11 : Lean Restaurant Chapter 12 : Achieving Flow in a Rapid Prototyping Laboratory Chapter 13 : Implementing Lean Manufacturing Techniques to Achieve Six Sigma Chapter 14 : Pump Teardown Review Process Improvement Chapter 15 : Improving Women%u2019s Healthcare Center Service Processes Chapter 16 : Application of Lean Tools in a Medical Device Company Chapter 17 : Motor Grader Assembly Line Modification Chapter 18 : Sunshine High School Discipline Process Improvement : A Lean Six Sigma Case Study Chapter 19 : Financial Services Improvement in a City Government : A Lean Six Sigma Case Study Chapter 20 : Application of Lean Tools in a Hospital Pharmacy Chapter 21 : Using Value Stream Mapping to Identify Performance Gaps for Hoshin Planning
Section IV : Planning and Implementation Strategies for Lean Initiatives
Chapter 22 : Planning and Executing a Kaizen Workshop Chapter 23 : Prioritizing the Lean Initiatives Chapter 24 : Emerging Technologies Influencing Lean Chapter 25 : Future and Challenges of Lean : Engagement and Success Factors