Lean Systems: Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare (Continuous Improvement Series) - Hardcover

Cudney, Elizabeth A.; Furterer, Sandra L.; Dietrich, David M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1466556803 ISBN 13: 9781466556805

Publisher: CRC Press, 2013

Synopsis

Lean Systems: Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare details the various Lean techniques and numerous real-world Lean projects drawn from a wide variety of manufacturing, healthcare, and service processes, demonstrating how to apply the Lean philosophy.

The book facilitates Lean instruction by supplying interactive case studies that enable readers to apply the various Lean techniques. It provides an in-depth discussion of the Lean tools (i.e., VSM, standard work, 5S, etc.) and several real-world case studies and applications of Lean that have shown significant improvement in meeting customer requirements. The case studies follow the Six Sigma framework of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) structure for process improvement. The authors include detailed descriptions of each Lean tool and examples of how each Lean technique was applied to a wide variety of manufacturing, service, and healthcare processes.

These in-depth descriptions and cases studies can be used by industry professionals and academics to learn how to apply Lean. They provide a detailed, step-by-step approach to Lean and demonstrate how to integrate Lean tools for process improvement and to sustain improvements. But more than this, the approach taken in this book gives readers the tools to effectively apply Lean techniques.

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Elizabeth A. Cudney, Sandra Furterer, David Dietrich

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1466556803
• ISBN 13: 9781466556805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 534
• Editor: Cudney Elizabeth A., Furterer Sandra, Dietrich David