The portal to lean production : principles and practices for doing more with less /: principles and practices for doing more with less. (2006)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The portal to lean production : principles and practices for doing more with less /: principles and practices for doing more with less. (2006)
- Main Title:
- The portal to lean production : principles and practices for doing more with less
- Further Information:
- Note: John Nicholas, Avi Soni.
- Other Names:
- Nicholas, John M, 1945-
Soni, Avi - Contents:
- Portal to Lean Production; Race with a Moving Finish Line; Awakening to Lean Production; The Portal; The Organization of the Book; ; THE JOURNEY, FIRST STEPS; ; Beginnings; Toyota Production System; Quick History of TPS; TPS and the Portal to Lean Production; ; First Glimpse of a Manufacturing Cell; The Indiana Plant; Cellular Manufacturing; Throughput and Quality; ; Gaining Experience, Broadening the Concept; Trap Cell; Scheduling for Uniform Load; Cell Design; ; Applying the Cell Concept Plantwide; The Revelation; Linked Workcells and Subcells; Implementation; ; BUILDING UP STEAM; ; Kanban; Inventory Mess; Adopting Pull Production; Pull-Production Concepts; Number of Kanbans; Signal and Control: Methods and Issues; ; Total Productive Maintenance; Breakdown in the Trap Cell; Concepts of Maintenance Management; Preventive Maintenance; Total Productive Maintenance; ; Quick Changeover; A Tale of Two Plants; Setup Reduction Concepts and Techniques; SMED Procedure; Techniques for Setup Reduction; Checklist; Attachments and Fasteners; Eliminate Adjustments; Storage; Carts; Setup-Reduction Projects; Component of a Larger System; ; Standard Work; Strange-Looking Charts; Concept of Standard Work; What Is Standard Work?; Critical Role in Kaizen; ; Focused Factories ; Early Focused-Factory Experience; Focused-Factory Team Leaders; A Little Knowledge Can Be…; Clash of the Old and the New; Focused Factory; Microdesign Issues; Clustering Products and Operations; Focused-FactoryPortal to Lean Production; Race with a Moving Finish Line; Awakening to Lean Production; The Portal; The Organization of the Book; ; THE JOURNEY, FIRST STEPS; ; Beginnings; Toyota Production System; Quick History of TPS; TPS and the Portal to Lean Production; ; First Glimpse of a Manufacturing Cell; The Indiana Plant; Cellular Manufacturing; Throughput and Quality; ; Gaining Experience, Broadening the Concept; Trap Cell; Scheduling for Uniform Load; Cell Design; ; Applying the Cell Concept Plantwide; The Revelation; Linked Workcells and Subcells; Implementation; ; BUILDING UP STEAM; ; Kanban; Inventory Mess; Adopting Pull Production; Pull-Production Concepts; Number of Kanbans; Signal and Control: Methods and Issues; ; Total Productive Maintenance; Breakdown in the Trap Cell; Concepts of Maintenance Management; Preventive Maintenance; Total Productive Maintenance; ; Quick Changeover; A Tale of Two Plants; Setup Reduction Concepts and Techniques; SMED Procedure; Techniques for Setup Reduction; Checklist; Attachments and Fasteners; Eliminate Adjustments; Storage; Carts; Setup-Reduction Projects; Component of a Larger System; ; Standard Work; Strange-Looking Charts; Concept of Standard Work; What Is Standard Work?; Critical Role in Kaizen; ; Focused Factories ; Early Focused-Factory Experience; Focused-Factory Team Leaders; A Little Knowledge Can Be…; Clash of the Old and the New; Focused Factory; Microdesign Issues; Clustering Products and Operations; Focused-Factory Organization; ; Customer-Focused Quality; Listening to Your Customers; Customer Complaint; Statistical Variation; Experimentation; Awakening; Road to Six Sigma; Quality Assurance in Lean Production; Problem-Solving Tools; Statistical Process Control; Nonstatistical Process Control; Quality at the Source; Quality Improvement and TPS; ; SUSTAINING MOMENTUM; ; Employee Involvement, Workplace Organization, Kaizen; Employee Involvement and Workplace Organization; Value Stream Mapping; Main Vent Assembly Cell; ; Supply-Chain Partnerships; Learning from Our Suppliers; Problems with Parts; Building Bonds with a Supplier; Building Bonds in the Supply Chain; Supply-Chain Concept; The Lean Supply Chain; Partner Relationships; Little Customer, Big Supplier; This Can Be Difficult; ; The Lean Enterprise; Product Design; Lean Product Development; Process Engineering; Purchasing Function; Accounting and Finance; Sales and Marketing; Human Resources; ; Lean Culture Transformation; Organization Culture; Role of Management; Sustaining Momentum; Transformational Leadership; Mistakes; Closing Thoughts; ; APPENDIX A: Glossary … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 323 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 658.5
Production management
Manufacturing processes
Production control
Just-in-time systems
Production -- Gestion
Fabrication
Production -- Contrôle
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior
Just-in-time systems
Manufacturing processes
Production control
Production management
Productieprocessen
Voorraadbeheer
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781420031096
1420031090 - Related ISBNs:
- 084935031X
9780849350313 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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