Lean production simplified: a plain language guide to the world's most powerful production system

The birth of lean production. Craft production. The mass production system. The growing dysfunction. The birth of lean production -- The lean production system. Why lean production? Systems and systems thinking. Basic image of lean production. Muda -- Stability. Standards in the lean system. Visual...

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Main Author: Dennis, Pascal (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Productivity Press 2008
Edition:2. ed., [Nachdr.]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:The birth of lean production. Craft production. The mass production system. The growing dysfunction. The birth of lean production -- The lean production system. Why lean production? Systems and systems thinking. Basic image of lean production. Muda -- Stability. Standards in the lean system. Visual management. The five S system. Total productive maintenance -- Standardized work. Why standardized work? The elements of standardized work. Standardized work and kaizen. The importance of layout -- Just-in-time. why JIT? Flow and pull. Kanban and heijunka. Types of pull systems. Value stream management -- Jidoka. Why jidoka? Using pokayokes. Source inspection. Implementing jidoka -- Involvement. Why involvement? Kaizen circle activity. Practical kaizen training. Suggestion systems. Sustaining involvement -- Hoshin planning. Problems with conventional planning. The hoshin planning system. Creating flow in strategic planning.
Physical Description:XIV, 176 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9781563273568

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