Lean Machines: Learning From the Leaders of the Next Industrial Revolution

McCormack, Richard A.

ISBN 10: 0972240705 / ISBN 13: 9780972240703

Published by Publishers & Producers, 2002

Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials. Seller Inventory # BVV.0972240705.G

Synopsis:

This book provides you with a unique compilation of in-depth interviews with a variety of the country's most respected executives, who have deep intellectual and emotional experience in implementing lean. CEOs, vice presidents of manufacturing, consultants, Wall Street analysts and accountants, provide you with their perspectives on how to implement a lean business system. They are the architects of such successful implementations as Pratt & Whitney's Achieving Competitive Excellence program, the Danaher Business System, the Alcoa Production System and Freudenberg NOK's successful six-step lean process. Each offers advice on how to overcome the barriers from the shop floor, to mid-level management, to the board room. They provide you with their personal experiences, insights and recommendations on what is required to embed lean systems within a corporate culture. If you are thinking about implementing a lean business system, or if you are already underway in the process, then you will want to read Lean Machines, featuring interviews with: George Koenigsaecker, Former CEO, HON Industries and Principal, Simpler Consulting; Michael Joyce, Corporate Vice President of Operating Excellence at Lockheed Martin; Robert Weiner, Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing, Exide Technologies; Mark DeLuzio, Architect, Danaher Business System & President of Lean Horizons; James Womack, President, Lean Enterprise Institute and author of Lean Thinking and The Machine That Changed The World; Dave Logozzo, Director of Manufacturing Operations, Delphi Corp.; Cliff Ransom, Director of Research, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC; Ken Kreafle, Vice President of Quality at Toyota, Georgetown, Ky.; Keith Turnbull, Executive Vice President, Alcoa Business System; Allen Haggerty, General Manager of Engineering, Boeing; Brian Maskell, President, BMA Inc., Lean Accounting; Art Byrne, President and CEO of Wiremold Co.; Major Gen. Dennis Haines, Warner Robins AFB; Joseph Day, CEO, Freudenberg-NOK; Dan Yurovich, CEO, Barry Controls. The executives interviewed in Lean Machines discuss: Lessons Learned; Deploying a Pull System that Responds to Orders; Leadership Requirements of the CEO; How Lean Impacts Suppliers & Customers; Setting and Achieving Goals; Staying the Course -- Motivation; Overcoming Barriers; Timeframes & Results; Slipping Back or Giving Up; The Toyota Production System; How Six Sigma Fits in; Developing a Strategy; Broadening a Product Mix; Flow, Takt Time, 5-S, Kanban, Cells; How to Run a Kaizen; Training, Measurements; The Importance of Inventory Turns; The Role of Lean Consultants; Middle Management & Shop Floor Workers; How MRP and ERP fit into a Lean System; Value-Stream Mapping and Managers; How Lean Requires Changes in Engineering, Accounting, Human Resources, Sales and Marketing.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lean Machines: Learning From the Leaders of ...
Publisher: Publishers & Producers
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good