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Lean for the Process Industries - Dealing with Complexity, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Lean for the Process Industries - Dealing with Complexity, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Compared to its widespread implementation across almost all areas
of production, Lean improvement efforts lag within the process
industries. While many innovators have successfully applied Lean
principles to these industries during the past three decades, most
of those pioneering efforts were never recorded to guide the
improvement efforts of others. Drawing on more than 40 years of
application experience at one of the world's largest chemical and
materials manufacturers, coupled with 10 years in private practice,
Peter King corrects this void by providing the first comprehensive
resource written explicitly for change agents within the process
industries. Focusing on areas where the improvement needs of the
process industry differ from parts assembly manufacturing, Lean for
the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity, Second Edition:
Covers each of the eight wastes commonly described in Lean
literature, looking at how they manifest themselves in process
operations. Explains how to adapt value stream mapping for process
operations. Shows how to identify the root causes of bottlenecks,
and how to manage them to optimize flow until they can be
eliminated. Provides practical techniques to overcome the barriers
which have prevented the application of Cellular Manufacturing to
process operations. Discusses the role of business leadership in a
Lean strategy, describing both enabling and counter-productive
management behaviors Since the publication of the first edition of
this book, Peter King has been busy consulting with food, beverage,
gasoline additive, and nutraceutical companies -- these new
experiences have broadened his perspectives on certain Lean
processes and have given him a richer set of examples to discuss in
this new edition. While Value Stream Mapping is a very powerful
tool to understand flow, bottlenecks, and waste in an operation,
the traditional format as presented in many other books does not
describe all of the data required to fully understand process flow
and its detractors. This new edition highlights the necessary
additions with examples of why they are useful. Product wheel
scheduling achieves production leveling in a far more comprehensive
and effective way than traditional heijunka methods. This edition
has a more thorough description of the wheel concept and design
steps, and more examples from actual applications.
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