The 12 principles of manufacturing excellence : a leader's guide to achieving and sustaining excellence /: a leader's guide to achieving and sustaining excellence. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Twelve principles of manufacturing excellence
• Further Information: Note: Larry E. Fast.
• Authors: Fast, Larry E
• Contents: Leading the RevolutionFrom the Top; Examples from the Arena; It’s Not a Flavor of the Month—It’s Continuous Improvement; An Example of Great CEO Leadership; Who’s Running the Business?; Shop Floor: What Impact Do Senior Leaders Have?; Three Biggest Barriers; For Success: Two Senior Leaders That Must Be in Place; ; SECTION 1: 12 PRINCIPLES OF MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE; ; The Manufacturing Excellence Strategy; The Next Epiphany; Origin of the 12 Manufacturing Principles; The Manufacturing Excellence Strategy; Common Metrics; Manufacturing Excellence Audit; ; Manufacturing Principle 1: Safety; Plant Champion for Principle 1; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 2: Good Housekeeping and Organization; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 3: Authorized Formal Systems; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 4: Preventive/Predictive Maintenance ; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 5: Process Capability; Short-Term Actions; Longer-Term Actions; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 6: Product Quality; Quality Systems Expertise; Standard Work; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 7: Delivery Performance; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 8: Visual Management; Why Visual Management?; How Do You Know if Visual Management Is Effective?; Visual Management Pictures; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 9: Continuous Improvement; The Playing Field Isn’t Level—Get Over It!; Sample Questions When Touring a Plant for the First Time; What about Benchmarking?; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 10: Communication; Why Aren’t Our Communications Effective?; The Power of Communicating the Vision; Stage Summary; ; Manufacturing Principle 11: Training; Management Has to Take Away the Excuses; Find Out How Local Leadership Thinks and Acts; Stage Summary; ; SECTION 2: LEADING MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE; ; Manufacturing Principle 12: Operator-Led Process Control; The Day OLPC Was Born in My Mind; Stage Summary; ; Plant Manager’s Role; Other Things Good Plant Managers Expect; Anticipation; Initiative; Timely Communications; Feed Your Own Monkeys; Develop Your Own Organization; Properly Administer Company Policies; Make the Numbers; ; Manufacturing Managers Role; Have a Presence on the Shop Floor; A Key Administrator of Company and Plant Policies; Key Relationships with Peer Group; The Manufacturing Manager Helps Set the Expectation for No Compromise to Quality Standards; Interactions with Peer Group; Responsibilities and Expectations; ; Materials Manager’s Role; Production Control Office; Sales and Operations Planning Process; Purchasing or Sourcing; Supplier Advisory Council; Formal Systems Zealot; Lean Zealot; A Word about Cycle Times and Lead Times; ; Process Engineering Manager’s Role; Engineering Staff; Capital Appropriations; Systems Infrastructure; Process Engineer: A Key Team Member; ; Maintenance Manager’s Role; Preventive Maintenance; Rolling 3-Year Facility Maintenance Plan; Maintenance Staffing; ; Quality Manager’s Role; Technical Expert on Quality Improvement Tools; Lead the Change from Firefighting to Fire Prevention; Customer Advocate on Product Quality; ; Human Resources Manager’s Role; Hourly Associate’s Voice; Service-Oriented Staff of Experts; Plant Manager’s Confidant; Policy Administration; Environmental Health and Safety; Culture Change Zealot; ; Sustaining Manufacturing Excellence; A Belden Plant Update; Belden Lessons Learned in Retrospect; About the Manufacturing Excellence Audit; The Rest of the Story; ; Appendices; The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence; Manufacturing Excellence Audit; Manufacturing Excellence Reading List, 1986–2010; Formulas for Selected Metrics; Example of a Communications Plan Calendar; Example of a Training Plan
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.562; Production management -- Quality control; Total quality management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498730921
• Related ISBNs: 9781498730914
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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