Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide

Authors: David Stewart, Charles Robinson and John Allen

Book description:

This book provides an overview and a specific rationale for your initiative. It is an easy-to-digest reference to aspects of lean that you may not have known about. It’s a virtual toolbox of information that can be readily put to use on the plant floor. It takes readers on a comprehensive, ‘street-level’ journey through the entire lean implementation process. It is an easy-to-digest reference of lean fundamentals and processes that are mission-critical to a successful lean transformation in any plant. The information in this book can be readily put to use on the plant floor. Specific chapters on mapping the value stream, policy deployment, the five-phase implementation process, and problem-solving crystallize concepts with a pragmatic approach. In addition, the brownfield implementation chapter is a must-read for anyone contemplating a lean changeover from traditional mass production.

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