Title: How to Implement Lean Manufacturing, 2nd Edition Author: Lonnie Wilson ISBN: 0071835733 / 9780071835732 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 416 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2015 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
Cutting-edge Lean manufacturing strategies
Thoroughly updated with the latest trends and new global case studies, How to Implement Lean Manufacturing, Second Edition, explains how to implement this powerful formula for eliminating waste, controlling quality and inventory, and improving overall performance across an enterprise environment. The book addresses the engineering and production aspects as well as the business culture challenges.
This practical guide describes the Toyota Production System (TPS) and specifies the distinct order in which Lean techniques should be applied to achieve maximum gains. By using the proven methods in this definitive resource, you can implement a successful Lean transformation in your organization. Find how to:
Create and deploy enterprise-wide strategies and goals
Improve speed and quality and dramatically lower costs
Reduce variation in the manufacturing system in order to reduce inventory
Reduce lead times to improve responsiveness and flexibility
Sustain process gains
Perform system-wide value-stream evaluations
Manage constraints and reduce bottlenecks
Implement cellular manufacturing
New material in the Second Edition reveals how to:
Avoid the typical management pitfalls and implementation errors that virtually guarantee a Lean transformation will fail
Implement the new skills of Lean leadership, including its six key elements
Shape and manage your culture using the five cultural change leading indicators
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : What is the Perspective of This Book?
Part I : The Lean Killers and Roll Out Errors
Chapter 2 : The "Killers" to a Lean Transformation Chapter 3 : How to Design a Lean Transformation so Failure is Guaranteed
Part II : The Issue of Culture and the Five Cultural Change Leading Indicators
Chapter 4 : Cultures Chapter 5 : Cultural Change Leading Indicator No. 1, Leadership Chapter 6 : Cultural Change Leading Indicator No. 2, Motivation Chapter 7 : Cultural Change Leading Indicator No. 3, Problem Solving Chapter 8 : Cultural Change Leading Indicator No. 4, Whole-Facility Engagement Chapter 9 : Cultural Change Leading Indicator No. 5, Learning/Teaching/Experimenting Environment
Part III : The Solution......How to Implement Lean Manufacturing
Chapter 10 : Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System Chapter 11 : Inventory and Variation Chapter 12 : Lean Manufacturing Simplified Chapter 13 : The Significance of Lead Time Chapter 14 : The Path to Lean - The Five Strategies to Becoming Lean Chapter 15 : Sustaining the Gains Chapter 16 : A Lean Transformation Chapter 17 : Planning and Goals Chapter 18 : Constraint Management Chapter 19 : Cellular Manufacturing Chapter 20 : The Story of the Alpha Line Chapter 21 : The Story of the Bravo Line : A Tale of Reduced Lead Times and Lots of Early Gains Chapter 22 : Using the Prescription - Three Case Studies Chapter 23 : The Precursors to Lean - Not Handled Well Chapter 24 : House of Lean, Systemwide Assessments and a Cool Experiment