Author: SME ISBN: DV03PUB48 Year: 2003 Availability: 45-60 days
Part of the Shingo Prize winning Manufacturing Insights Video Series, this program examines the successful lean manufacturing practices at an automotive supplier, TAC Manufacturing.
TAC Manufactu...
Author: Gary Conner ISBN: 0872638588 / 9780872638587 Year: 2008 Availability: In Stock
Thousands of people at hundreds of companies have used the Shingo-Prize-Award-winning first edition of "Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop" as their how-to guide to shortening delivery times, eli...
Author: SME ISBN: 898544001030 Year: 2007 Availability: 45-60 days
Witness how lean manufacturing helped Peterson Pacific Corporation reduce the time it take to manufacture new machines. You'll see how the paint booth location was changed to make a more efficient l...
Author: J Black, Steve Hunter ISBN: 087263647X / 9780872636477 Year: 2003 Availability: In Stock
Eminent manufacturing systems experts J T. Black and Steve L. Hunter explain in this book how cellular manufacturing and assembly subsystems comprise the foundation for the entire lean production im...
Author: SME ISBN: CD05PUB6 Year: 2005 Availability: 45-60 days
The "Lean Manufacturing Update Series" CD contains more than 160 SME technical papers, journal, newsletters and magazine articles detailing the latest practices and trends critical to your company's...
Author: , Mark R. Hamel ISBN: 0872638812 / 9780872638815 Year: 2017 Availability: 45-60 days
Lean transformations are decidedly more challenging when the math is inconsistent with lean principles, misapplied, or just plain wrong. Math should never get in the way of a lean transformation, bu...
Author: Cordell Hensley ISBN: 113821745X / 9781138217454 Year: 2017 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
It has been reported that about 70% of performance-improvement initiatives fail to achieve desired results. The primary causes are unrealistic expectations regarding effort and results and too much ...
Author: Drew Locher ISBN: 1498771947 / 9781498771948 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
Demystifying the application of Lean methods, Lean Office and Service Simplified : The Definitive How-To Guide goes beyond the basic tools to detail the key concepts of Lean as they apply to office ...
Author: Brian J Carroll ISBN: 0849305322 / 9780849305320 Year: 2008 Availability: In Stock
Lean thinking is too often narrowly focused on physical processes, causing serious shortcomings, which limit Lean’s substantial benefits. Revised to consider the emerging global economy, Lean ...
Author: SME ISBN: DV11PUB4 Year: 2011 Availability: 45-60 days
Most organizations can develop a long list of things of things that are either broken or in need of improvement. Its not so easy to decide, however, which to do first, and which to put aside. Policy...
Author: Maharshi Samanta ISBN: 0367730049 / 9780367730048 Year: 2020 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
The manufacturing and service sector needs to resolve a lot of issues relating to products, process and service in everyday operation. Successful resolution depends on the methodology, rigor and sys...
Author: SME ISBN: DV08PUB11 Year: 2008 Availability: 45-60 days
Firms that can develop better products faster consistently see increased profits and growing market share. To achieve this goal, Toyota and other global leaders have adopted the same lean improvemen...
Author: John Black and SME ISBN: 0831133511 / 9780831133511 Year: 2008 Availability: In Stock
The concept of lean production is not new, but the challenges of dramatic change management often stymie business leaders trying to put lean operations into place. This newly-revised and greatly exp...
Author: John Nicholas ISBN: 036714655X / 9780367146559 Year: 2024 Availability: In Stock
Lean Production for Competitive Advantage: A Comprehensive Guide to Lean Methodologies and Management Practices, Second Edition introduces Lean philosophy and illustrates the effective application o...
Author: Mike Elbert ISBN: 1439877793 / 9781439877791 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
A hands-on guide to adapting Lean principles and the Toyota Production System to high-mix/low-volume environments, Lean Production for the Small Company uses charts, pictures, and easy-to-understand...
Author: Pascal Dennis ISBN: 1138196258 / 9781138196254 Year: 2022 Availability: In Stock
Following in the tradition of its Shingo Prize-winning predecessors, Lean Production Simplified, Third Edition gives a clear overview of the structure and tools of the Lean production system. Writte...
Author: Lonnie Wilson ISBN: 083113612X / 9780831136123 Year: 2017 Availability: In Stock
Lean Refining : How to Improve Performance in the Oil Industry addresses the tremendous opportunities this quality improvement system can exploit to achieve huge financial gains, while simultaneousl...
Author: Paul A. Myerson ISBN: 0071829857 / 9780071829854 Year: 2014 Availability: 45-60 days
Best practices for implementing Lean techniques in retail and wholesale
“Essential reading for those who want to learn how Lean provides a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced, mult...
Author: Ian Fraser Glenday, Ricky L. Sather ISBN: 146657819X / 9781466578197 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
This book describes how to create "economies of repetition"—an different improvement approach focused on maximizing natural human behaviors of learning curve, routines and stability that resul...
Author: Robert Hafey ISBN: 1439816425 / 9781439816424 Year: 2010 Availability: In Stock
While worker safety is often touted as a company’s first priority, more often than not, safety activity is driven by compliance to legislation rather than any safety improvement initiative. Le...
Author: Robert Hafey ISBN: 1482258986 / 9781482258981 Year: 2015 Availability: In Stock
This book is a follow-up to the author's bestselling book, Lean Safety, published in 2010. It is a natural progression from the philosophical overview provided by Lean Safety to the reality of the a...
Author: Jose Garza-Reyes, Mahender Singh Kaswan, Mahipal Singh, Rajeev Rathi ISBN: 1032460997 / 9781032460994 Year: 2023 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks.
This book presents innovative breakthroughs in operational excellence that can solve the operational issues of smart factories. It illustrates various tools and techniques of Lean Six Sigma 4.0 and ...
Author: Michael L. George ISBN: 0071385215 / 9780071385213 Year: 2002 Availability: 45-60 days
The Breakthrough Program for Increasing Quality, Shortening Cycle Times, and Creating Shareholder Value In Every Area of Your Organization
Time and quality are the two most important metrics in i...
Author: Terra Vanzant Stern ISBN: 1498739601 / 9781498739603 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
A hybrid methodology, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is designed to accommodate global challenges and constraints by capitalizing on Six Sigma and Lean Thinking. LSS incorporates best practices from programs ...
Author: SME ISBN: 855488001564 Year: 2003 Availability: 45-60 days
Michael L. George, CEO - George Group, gives an insightful presentation at the WESTEC 2003 conference about the power of improvement. Michael describes what it takes to motivate manufacturing leader...