Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition: A Plain-Language Guide to the World's Most Powerful Production System

Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition: A Plain-Language Guide to the World's Most Powerful Production System

<STRONG>Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award<BR></STRONG><BR><STRONG>Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition</STRONG> is a plain language guide to the lean production system written for the practitioner by a practitioner. It delivers a comprehensive insider's view of lean manufacturing. The author helps the reader to grasp the system as a whole and the factors that animate it by organizing the book around an image of a <I>house of lean production</I>.<BR><BR><B>Highlights include:</B> <br /><UL><br /><LI>A comprehensive view of Toyota¹s lean manufacturing system</LI><br /><LI>A look at the origins and underlying principles of lean</LI><br /><LI>Identifying the goals of lean production</LI><br /><LI>Practical problem solving for lean production</LI><br /><LI>Activities that support involvement - Kaizen circles, suggestion systems, and problem solving</LI></UL><br /><P>This second edition has been updated with expanded information on the Lean Improvement Process; Production Physics and Little's Law - the fundamental equation for both manufacturing and service industries (cycle time = work in process/throughput); Value Stream Thinking - combining processes required to bring the product or service to the customer; Hoshin Planning -- using the Planning and Execution Tree diagram and Problem Solving -- including the "Five Why" method and how to use it. <br /><P><B>Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition</B> covers each of the components of lean within the context of the entire lean production system. The author's straightforward common sense approach makes this book an easily accessible on-the-floor resource for every operator.</P>