Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: shopfloor, series, kanban
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2002-02-15
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1563272695
ISBN-13: 9781563272691

Kanban is the name given to the inventory control card used in a pull system. This guide gives shopfloor workers the information they need to understand, plan, and implement kanban. Softcover.

Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: series, shopfloor, operators, time
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1998-02-27
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1563271338
ISBN-13: 9781563271335

Are you ready to implement a just-in-time manufacturing program, but need some help orienting employees to the power of JIT? Here’s a concise and practical guide to introduce equipment operators, assembly workers, and other frontline employees to the basic concepts, techniques, and benefits of just-in-time practices. Just-in-time manufacturing is an approach that can dramatically boost your company’s competitiveness by eliminating waste from the production process. And although management determines the manufacturing approach, frontline operators and assembly people play a key role

Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: shopfloor, series, effectiveness, equipment, operators, overall, oee
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 1999-08-27
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1563272210
ISBN-13: 9781563272219

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a crucial measure in TPM that reports on how well equipment is running. It factors three elements ---the time the machine is actually running, the quantity of products the machine is turning out, and the quantity of good output – into a single combined score. Directly addressing those who are best positioned to track and improve the effectiveness of equipment, OEE for Operatorsdefines basic concepts and then provides a systematic explanation of how OEE should be applied to maximize a piece of equipment’s productivity and recognize when its efficienc

Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: shopfloor, series, production
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-05-20
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1563272741
ISBN-13: 9781563272745

Gives your shopfloor workers the information they need to understand, plan, and implement pull production. Introduces production teams and managers to basic pull production concepts, enabling them to begin understanding, planning, and implementing this lean tool.

Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: shopfloor, series, system, zqc, proofing, operators, mistake
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1997-01-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1563271273
ISBN-13: 9781563271274

ZQC is based on the principle that defects are prevented by controlling the performance of a process so that it cannot produce defects, even when a mistake is made by the machine or a human operator. Instead of pointing fingers at people, ZQC finds ways to keep errors from turning into defects. This book introduces front-line workers to the basic methodology of ZQC in a succinct, easy to read format that covers all aspects of this important manufacturing improvement strategy.

Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: shopfloor, series, work, standard
Number of Pages: 85
Published: 2002-07-10
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1563272733
ISBN-13: 9781563272738

STANDARD WORK FOR THE SHOPFLOOR Productivity Press Development Team STANDARD WORK FOR THE SHOPFLOOR is the latest in the Productivity Press "Shopfloor Series" created by our in-house development team. This book is a guide to standardizing and documenting operators’ current best practices on the shop floor. Standardized work stresses consistency while remaining dynamic enough to change with products and process. It documents guidelines and illustrations for employees performing the same specific job.

Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Publisher: Productivity Press
Keywords: employee, suggestions, improvement, continuous, teian, guiding, kaizen
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1997-07-18
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1563271885
ISBN-13: 9781563271885

More than a guide to establishing a proposal system, this volume presents methods for teaching know-how. It gives each reader the principles for thinking creatively about improving his or her own work.This highly practical book is filled with easily understood explanations and examples of how to teach your employees to pursue excellence through kaizen teian.Before you can institute a successful kaizen teian program, you must have a firm understanding of its underlying principles and rules. This book concentrates on making those principles clear and focuses on the importance of consistently imp