Lean Production Simplified A Plainlanguage Guide To The Worlds Most Powerful Production System 3rd Ed Dennis Pascal by Dennis Pascal 9781498708883, 1498708889 instant download after payment.

This edition gives an overview of the structure and tools of the lean production system. Illustrating the eight kinds of waste, it describes the craft and mass production systems that preceded lean production--including the contributions of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Henry Ford; explains the concepts of visual management, Five S, and Total Productive Maintenance; addresses just-in-time delivery of parts and products; examines the jidoka principle; covers the nervous system of lean management, hoshin planning; illustrates the culture of lean management. It includes case studies on lean outside the factory--in settings such as health care, IT, finance, design, engineering, and beyond. --
Abstract: This edition gives an overview of the structure and tools of the lean production system. Illustrating the eight kinds of waste, it describes the craft and mass production systems that preceded lean production--including the contributions of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Henry Ford; explains the concepts of visual management, Five S, and Total Productive Maintenance; addresses just-in-time delivery of parts and products; examines the jidoka principle; covers the nervous system of lean management, hoshin planning; illustrates the culture of lean management. It includes case studies on lean outside the factory--in settings such as health care, IT, finance, design, engineering, and beyond