Continuous Flow Manufacturing What Went Right What Went Wrong

Author : Richard J. Schonberger
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429778201
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flow Manufacturing -- What Went Right, What Went Wrong written by Richard J. Schonberger and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells 101 stories of company efforts to implement the many aspects of flow manufacturing -- including such topics as just-in-time production, total quality control, reorganization of factories into product-focused or customer-focused cells, plants-in-a-plant, material flows by the simplicity of visual kanban, supplier partnerships, quick setup of equipment, cross-training and job rotation of the work force, and many more. The 101 mini-case studies – dubbed "caselets" -- include 26 non-U.S. companies from 12 countries and cover a wide swath of industrial sectors, and include many well-known corporations such as Apple, Campbell Soup, Honeywell, and Boeing. From the 1980s to the present, the author has been taking the message of process improvement and customer-focused excellence far and wide. Most of these travels, usually in connection with delivering a seminar, include brief factory tours in which he compiled detailed notes and then organized them as brief reports — his unvarnished analysis or take on what they do well and what needs improvement. In the main the reports were then sent back to the hosts of the plant tour. These factory tours and these follow-up reports form the basis of the large majority of this book’s caselets. Many of the caselets bring to life process-improvement methodologies in detail. With lots of caselets to draw from, the readers will find vivid examples of similar companies and processes within their respective industries. For example, the caselets often include applications of advanced concepts in cost management, employee training, performance management, supply chains, and logistics as well as applications of plant layout, quick setup, material handling, quality assurance, scheduling, ergonomics, and flow analysis.

Author : Richard Schonberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780429432170
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Author : Richard Schonberger
Publisher : Productivity Press
ISBN 13 : 9781138362291
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continuous-flow Manufacturing written by Richard Schonberger and published by Productivity Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells 101 stories of company efforts to implement the many aspects of flow manufacturing -- including such topics as just-in-time production, total quality control, reorganization of factories into product-focused or customer-focused cells, plants-in-a-plant, material flows by the simplicity of visual kanban, supplier partnerships, quick setup of equipment, cross-training and job rotation of the work force, and many more. The 101 mini-case studies - dubbed "caselets" -- include 26 non-U.S. companies from 12 countries and cover a wide swath of industrial sectors, and include many well-known corporations such as Apple, Campbell Soup, Honeywell, and Boeing. From the 1980s to the present, the author has been taking the message of process improvement and customer-focused excellence far and wide. Most of these travels, usually in connection with delivering a seminar, include brief factory tours in which he compiled detailed notes and then organized them as brief reports -- his unvarnished analysis or take on what they do well and what needs improvement. In the main the reports were then sent back to the hosts of the plant tour. These factory tours and these follow-up reports form the basis of the large majority of this book's caselets. Many of the caselets bring to life process-improvement methodologies in detail. With lots of caselets to draw from, the readers will find vivid examples of similar companies and processes within their respective industries. For example, the caselets often include applications of advanced concepts in cost management, employee training, performance management, supply chains, and logistics as well as applications of plant layout, quick setup, material handling, quality assurance, scheduling, ergonomics, and flow analysis.

Author : Mike Rother
Publisher : Lean Enterprise Institute
ISBN 13 : 0966784332
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Continuous Flow written by Mike Rother and published by Lean Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook explains in simple, step-by-step terms how to introduce and sustain lean flows of material and information in pacemaker cells and lines, a prerequisite for achieving a lean value stream.A sight we frequently encounter when touring plants is the relocation of processing steps from departments (process villages) to product-family work cells, but too often these "cells" produce only intermittent and erratic flow. Output gyrates from hour to hour and small piles of inventory accumulate between each operation so that few of the benefits of cellularization are actually being realized; and, if the cell is located upstream from the pacemaker process, none of the benefits may ever reach the customer.This sequel to Learning to See (which focused on plant level operations) provides simple step-by-step instructions for eliminating waste and creating continuous flow at the process level. This isn't a workbook you will read once then relegate to the bookshelf. It's an action guide for managers, engineers, and production associates that you will use to improve flow each and every day.Creating Continuous Flow takes you to the next level in work cell design where you'll achieve even greater cost and lead time savings. You'll learn: where to focus your continuous flow efforts, how to create much more efficient work cells and lines, how to operate a pacemaker process so that a lean value stream is possible, how to sustain the gains, and keep improving.Creating Continuous Flow is the next logical step after Learning to See. The value-stream mapping process defined the pacemaker process and the overall flow of products and information in the plant. The next step is to shift your focus from the plant to the process level by zeroing in on the pacemaker process, which sets the production rhythm for the plant or value stream, and apply the principles of continuous flow.Every production facility has at least one pacemaker process. The pacemaker processes is usually where products take their final form before going to external customers. It’s called the pacemaker because how you operate here determines both how well you can serve the customer and what the demand pattern is like for your upstream supplying processes.How the pacemaker process operates is critically important. A steady and consistently flowing pacemaker places steady and consistent demands on the rest of the value stream. The continuous flow processing that results allows companies to create leaner value streams.[Source : 4e de couv.]

Author : Steven L. Blue
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Manufacturing 2.0 written by Steven L. Blue and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a working CEO who increased earnings in some of the companies he led by 400 percent, this book provides a real-world prescription for prosperity and growth for any company, in any industry. For nearly two decades, America's industrial manufacturing sector has been in decline—and as a result, the nation's prosperity and strength is at risk. Meanwhile, China's manufacturing capabilities and competence continue to grow, threatening to overtake America as the world's most powerful and prosperous nation. Drawing on straightforward principles that can effectively be applied to a broad spectrum of manufacturing companies, author Steven L. Blue taps his leadership skills and proven processes honed over his career of growing companies—and saving them—to offer readers an inspiring vision for revitalizing the entire manufacturing sector. Using case studies and examples from his own experiences, both at Miller Ingenuity and in other roles earlier in his career, the author organizes his lessons in leadership, strategy, and change management into seven values of ingenuity: innovation, excellence, commitment, community, teamwork, respect, and integrity. The book explains how this highly integrated system of operating values can be implemented to turn around a company (if needed) or to propel it to extraordinary growth and prosperity.

Author : Pierre C. Guerindon
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780585400259
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continuous Flow Manufacturing written by Pierre C. Guerindon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1995-08-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents the fundamental principles of continuous flow manufacturing, furnishing a corporate strategy and set of operating rules that help create an environment where continuous flow manufacturing can flourish. A 10-step methodology for converting a traditional factory to a continuous flow operation is provided, and conventional manufacturing techniques are compared with the continuous flow approach.

Author : Brian J. Carroll
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0849305330
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lean Performance ERP Project Management written by Brian J. Carroll and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lean thinking is too often narrowly focused on physical processes, causing serious shortcomings, which limit Lean‘s substantial benefits. Revised to consider the emerging global economy, Lean Performance ERP Project Management, Second Edition integrates strategy, people, process, and information technology into a project management methodolo

Author : James R. Huntzinger
Publisher : J. Ross Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781932159516
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lean Cost Management written by James R. Huntzinger and published by J. Ross Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical and informative text demonstrates the importance of the relationship between a physically lean enterprise and accounting. It argues that to have continued success in an increasingly competitive marketplace, businesses must streamline both their physical operations and accounting methods.

Author : Richard Crowson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780585158631
Total Pages : 1142 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering, Second Edition - 4 Volume Set written by Richard Crowson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-07-17 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides single-source coverage on the full range of activities that meet the manufacturing engineering process, including management, product and process design, tooling, equipment selection, faciltiy planning and layout, plant contruction, materials handling and storage, method analysis, time standards, and production control. The text examines every topic involved with product and factory development, parts fabrication, and assembly processes.

Author : Raouf E. Nakhleh
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030184641
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology written by Raouf E. Nakhleh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1st edition of Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology was an opportunity to pull together into one place all the ideas related to errors in surgical pathology and to organize a discipline in error reduction. This 2nd edition is an opportunity to refine this information, to reorganize the book to improve its usability and practicality, and to include topics that were not previously addressed. This book serves as a guide to pathologists to successfully avoid errors and deliver the best diagnosis possible with all relevant information needed to manage patients. The introductory section includes general principles and ideas that are necessary to understand the context of error reduction. In addition to general principles of error reduction and legal and regulatory responsibilities, a chapter on regulatory affairs and payment systems which increasingly may be impacted by error reduction and improvement activities was added. This later chapter is particularly important in view of the implementation of various value-based payment programs, such as the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System that became law in 2015. The remainder of the book is organized in a similar manor to the 1st edition with chapters devoted to all aspects of the test cycle, including pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic. The 2nd Edition of Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology serves as an essential guide to a successfully managed laboratory and contains all relevant information needed to manage specimens and deliver the best diagnosis.