Becoming Lean - Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers (Hardcover)

What is Lean? Pure and simple, lean is reducing the time from customer order to manufacturing by eliminating non-value-added waste in the production stream. The ideal of a lean system is one-piece flow, because a lean manufacturer is continuously improving. Most other books on lean management focus on technical methods and offer a picture of how a lean system should look like. Other books provide snapshots of companies before and after lean was implemented. This is the first book to provide technical descriptions of successful solutions and performance improvements. It's also the first book to go beyond snapshots and includes powerful first-hand accounts of the complete process of change; its impact on the entire organization; and the rewards and benefits of becoming lean. At the heart of Becoming Lean are the stories of American manufacturers that have successfully implemented lean methods. The writers offer personalized accounts of their organization's lean transformation. You have a unique opportunity to go inside the implementation process and see what worked, what didn't, and why.

General

Imprint:	Productivity Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Jeffrey K. Liker
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	535
ISBN-13:	978-1-56327-173-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Other manufacturing technologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-56327-173-7
Barcode:	9781563271731

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