Lean TPM: A Blueprint for Change (Tudor Business Publishing) - Hardcover

McCarthy, Dennis; Rich Director Of Research Cardiff Business School Lean Enterprise Research Centre.Senior Research Fellow Sponsored By The Accountancy And Audit Firm Deloitte And Toche. Author Of Creating The Lean Enterprise 1997 Arnacorn. Recipient Of The 1998 International Benchmarking Award For Work In The Field Of Total Quality Management., Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750658576 ISBN 13: 9780750658577

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004

Synopsis

Merging the benefits of two well-known methodolgies, Lean Thinking and Total Productive Maintenance, Lean TPM shows how to secure increased manufacturing efficiency. Based on their experienc of working with organisations that have successfully achieved outstanding performance, McCarthy and Rich provide the tools and techniques that convert strategic vision into practical reality. Lean TPM accelerates the benefits of continuous improvement activities within any manufacturing environment by challenging wasteful working practices, releasing the potential of the workforce, targeting effectiveness and making processes work as planned. * Unites world-class manufacturing, Lean Thinking and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) * Shows how to achieve zero breakdowns * Optimises processes to deliver performance and new products efficiently * Delivers benefit from continuous improvement activities quickly Lean TPM provides a single change agenda for...

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Review:

Tony Flannigan, Site Manager, ICI Synetix

-Very easy to read

"strong in developing lean TPM arguments at the micro level and offers directions at the macro supply-chain level." - Gurdev Singh MILT, Logistics and Transport Focus, 2004

Overall, the text is suited to those with a basic understanding of these two practices within a manufacturing setting who also enjoy a full and sustained management support to drive effective change in an organization. - Quality Progress, February 2005

About the Author:

As a TPM expert, Dennis has pioneered the integration of TPM with Lean and Six Sigma improvement processes as a lever for cross functional collaboration and high performance teamwork. Described by one senior international manager as a true 'Sensei of Change', he has supported many well-respected and award winning companies including 3M, Ford, General Motors, GE, IKEA, Heineken and Johnson Matthey across Europe, India, USA, China and Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0750658576
• ISBN 13: 9780750658577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224