Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition: A Plain-Language Guide to the Worlds Most Powerful Production System

Dennis, Pascal

ISBN 10: 1563272628 / ISBN 13: 9781563272622

Published by Productivity Press, 2002

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Title: Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition: ...

Publisher: Productivity Press

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis:

2006 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH

Lean Production Simplified 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:

• An 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

  Lean Production Simplified 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.

Synopsis:

Lean Production Simplified is a plain language guide to the lean production system. The book is organized around a central image: the 'house of lean production', which will help the reader grasp the system and the factors that animate it. Additionally, the book provides an insider's view of Toyota, and how this company continues to succeed. Features and Benefits: Connects directly to Toyota; First book on lean production written for the operator level; Emphasizes the lean process as a common-sense approach; Perfect book to keep on the floor as a quick reference guide. The author is a professional engineer, and educator with 20 years experience in manufacturing, public service, and consulting engineering. He developed his lean thinking skills on the shop floor of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and working with lean masters in Japan and North America.