Lean Production Simplified
By Dennis Pascal
Product Description
2006 SHINGO PRIZE WINNER for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH Lean
Production Simplified, 2nd Edition 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 "house of lean production".
Highlights include:
A comprehensive view of Toyota's lean manufacturing system
A look at the origins and underlying principles of lean
Identifying the goals of lean production
Practical problem solving for lean production
Activities that support involvement - Kaizen circles, suggestion systems,
and problem solving
This 2nd 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.
Lean Production Simplified, 2nd Edition 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.
