Authors:Paul C. Husby, Dan Swartwood,
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: lean, improvement, roadmap, sustainable, create, supply, chain, fix
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2009-05-21
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1563273810
ISBN-13: 9781563273810

Written by business leaders for business leaders, this book explores successful supply chain improvement requirements and improvement methodologies, along with their strengths and limitations. It covers the use of these techniques in a story about Twin City Manufacturing, a fictitious company based on the authors’ actual experiences. The principles put forth in this volume show how to enable and sustain long-term change. Whether you are intimately familiar with the supply chain discipline or have limited experience, the authors provide a valuable roadmap that can be applied to supply ch

Author: Hiroyuki Hirano
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: manufacturing, multi, flow, process, operations, kanban, volume, jit, manual, complete, guide, time, implementation
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 2009-04-27
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1420090267
ISBN-13: 9781420090260

It is a book for manufacturing companies that are fighting desperately for survival and that will go to any length to improve their factories and overcome the obstacles to success. One could even call this book a ‘bible’ for corporate survival.—Hiroyuki Hirano Known as the JIT bible in Japan, JIT Implementation Manual — The Complete Guide to Just-in-Time Manufacturing presents the genius of Hiroyuki Hirano, a top international consultant with vast experience throughout Asia and the West. Encyclopedic in scope, this six-volume practical reference provides unparalleled information on ev

Authors:Timothy H. Schipper, Mark D. Swet,
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: learning, culture, using, fast, cycles, maintain, lean, development, create, implement, innovative
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2009-07-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1420092987
ISBN-13: 9781420092981

Authored by two experts in lean, this manual shows how the lean approach can be very effective with those businesses that are innovation-based in terms of product development. This text acts as a template for starting and maintaining the lean process. To this end, the authors focus on the six key areas necessary for dramatic development: innovation, rapid prototyping, knowledge capture, learning cycles, process stabilization, and lean management standards. With explanations and examples, the book shows how to establish, promote, and maintain these principles in an organization in a way that al

Author: Takahiro Fujimoto
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: toyota, systems, manufacturing, evolution
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-09-07
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0195123204
ISBN-13: 9780195123203

What is the true source of a firm’s long-term competitive advantage in manufacturing? Through original field studies, historical research, and statistical analyses, this book shows how Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the world’s largest automobile companies, built distinctive capabilities in production, product development, and supplier management. Fujimoto asserts that it is Toyota’s evolutionary learning capability that gives the company its advantage and demonstrates how this learning is put to use in daily work.

Author: Takashi Ichida
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: product, free, development, error, methodology, design, review
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 1996-03-01
List price: $67.95
ISBN-10: 1563270412
ISBN-13: 9781563270413

The goal of the world class company is to produce a product or service that offers customers the highest quality at the lowest cost and in the shortest time possible. Product Design Review describes a highly effective method for quality control in product design, as well as its applications in a wide variety of business settings.Take care of the problems that erupt during product development by nipping them in the bud (during the design stage). Takashi Ichida describes a powerful tool insuring quality at concept stage, thereby eliminating redesign, retooling, rework, and error throughout the p

Author: Jeffrey P. Wincel
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: strategic, procurement, handbook, management, supply, chain, lean
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-12-30
List price: $46.95
ISBN-10: 156327289X
ISBN-13: 9781563272899

Lean Supply Chain Management A Handbook for Strategic Procurement Jeffrey P. Wincel Lean Supply Chain Management provides procurement and supplier development professionals with a powerful and profitable method for strategic procurement. Unlike other strategic procurement guides, Lean Supply Chain Management considers an organization’s "business condition" as a contributing factor in the development of a strategic procurement strategy. That is, rather than taking a "one-size fits all" approach, the authors’ more individualized approach illustrates techniques specific to organizatio

Author:
Publisher: Productivity Pre
Keywords: shopfloor, series, waste, identifying
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2003-06-13
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1563272873
ISBN-13: 9781563272875

In Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor, the Productivity Development Team has created an excellent guide to quickly understanding, identifying, and eliminating shop floor waste. From inventory waste to process-related waste, Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor covers every type of waste generating event, policy, and mindset. The book then gives you tools to effectively eliminate them from your manufacturing processes. Like all Shopfloor Series books, Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor presents concepts and tools in simple and accessible language. The book includes many illustrations and examples