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Improving Production with Lean Thinking by Javier Santos, Richard A. Wysk, Jose M. Torres

Improving Production with Lean Thinking Javier Santos, Richard A. Wysk, Jose M. Torres ebook
Publisher: Wiley
Format: pdf
Page: 264
ISBN: 9780471754862

Nov 14, 2013 - By Terry Rayner The more I read and learn and think about using Lean Thinking, the more I realize that it is not just a continuous improvement. Apr 16, 2014 - For example, kaizen (improvement) workshops, where frontline workers solve complex problems; kanban, the scheduling system for just-in-time production; and the andon cord, which, when pulled by any worker, causes a production line to stop. I recall advising a vice president of continuous improvement in a large company that had arranged with Toyota to receive help from a leading Toyota Production System sensei. May 22, 2014 - This course was basically a compilation of various techniques and ways to think about improvement in production. Jun 16, 2013 - In my opinion, if your company has the capability to produce a product to the market's quality specifications, and if you have the capacity to produce the product, you should make the product in house. Jun 28, 2011 - Lean is customer centric. It focuses on efficiency by optimizing flow. The actual contents are in this book for parties interested in all the gory details. Is feasible in the way they are thinking about it. As compared to traditional business systems, Lean management methodology integrates all processes and operations into a single system where less labor, capital, time, workspace, and technology are spent on producing more valued products and services, with fewer defects. Lean thinking would ask why the copy machine is at the other end of the building which Simply put, Lean is about continuously improving ways of working resulting in the customer and company having a win-win relationship by increasing quality and decreasing costs. If 50% of what they produce is printed and going into a warehouse to then be stored and pick, packed and shipped at a later date then perhaps the goal next year is to develop a workflow (value stream), so that only 25% of the documents go into inventory and follow that each year until all product produced is 100% as POD. It looks at what matters rather than uncritically accepting pre-existing ideas. It creates 'value' to the customer by eliminating 'waste' in the system. Mar 26, 2013 - The philosophy of Lean thinking project management is central for Six Sigma process improvement and Agile software development models. This is also the business Capital Purchases – How to Think “New”.