Lean production simplified a plain language guide to the world's most powerful production system /: a plain language guide to the world's most powerful production system. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Pascal Dennis ; with a foreword by John Shook.
• Other Names: Dennis, Pascal, 1957-
• Contents: The birth of lean production. Craft production. The mass production system. The growing dysfunction. The birth of lean production -- The lean production system. Why lean production? Systems and systems thinking. Basic image of lean production. Muda -- Stability. Standards in the lean system. Visual management. The five S system. Total productive maintenance -- Standardized work. Why standardized work? The elements of standardized work. Standardized work and kaizen. The importance of layout -- Just-in-time. why JIT? Flow and pull. Kanban and heijunka. Types of pull systems. Value stream management -- Jidoka. Why jidoka? Using pokayokes. Source inspection. Implementing jidoka -- Involvement. Why involvement? Kaizen circle activity. Practical kaizen training. Suggestion systems. Sustaining involvement -- Hoshin planning. Problems with conventional planning. The hoshin planning system. Creating flow in strategic planning.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 658.5; Production management; Manufacturing processes; Production control; Just-in-time systems; Just-in-time systems; Manufacturing processes; Production control; Production management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439852545; 1439852545
• Related ISBNs: 9781563273568; 156327356X; 1439852545
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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