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Made-to-Order
Lean: Excelling in a High Mix, Low Volume Environment
Author: Greg Lane
Product Code: 3629
ISBN: 978-1-56327-362-9
Pages: 224
Binding: Paperback
Availability: August 31, 2007
Price: US$50.00
Specifically aimed at manufacturers that have hundreds to thousands
of active part numbers, with few (or none) of these parts having
ongoing forecasted volumes, and job shops that build only to order.
This book is written for plant managers, manufacturing managers,
and lean practitioners who find difficulty in applying lean principles
in their low-volume plants. |
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Beyond
the Theory of Constraints: How to Eliminate Variation & Maximize
Capacity
Author: William A. Levinson
Product Code: 3704
ISBN: 978-1-56327-370-4
Pages: 256
Binding: Hardcover
Availability: August 3, 2007
Price: US$40.00
William Levinson challenges the basic principle of the Theory
of Constraints by stating that differences in processing and material
transfer times, which can slow down productivity, can be eliminated
through traditional quality management techniques and lean manufacturing
methods. |
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Working
with Machines: The Nuts and Bolts of Lean Operations with Jidoka
Author: Michel Baudin
Product Code: 3292
ISBN: 978-1-56327-329-2
Pages: 368
Binding: Hardcover
Price: US$55.00
This book provides manufacturing managers and engineers, lean
champions and consultants with strategies and tools to make the
technical and managerial decisions that turn working with machines
into lasting business success. |
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Cellular
Manufacturing: One-Piece Flow for Workteams
Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Product Code: 213X
ISBN: 978-1-56327-213-4
Pages: 96
Binding: Paperback
Price: US$25.00
Introduces production teams to Cellular Manufacturing; a process
which involves rearranging traditional operational-based factory
layouts into process-based cells that promote a smooth production
flow by cutting waste. |
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Cellular
Manufacturing Learning Package: One-Piece Flow for Work Teams
Learning Package
Author: Kenichi Sekine
Product Code: 2148
ISBN: 978-1-56327-214-1
Pages: 191
Binding: Learning Package
Price: US$350.00
Cellular manufacturing involves rearranging traditional operation-based
factory layouts into process-based cells that promote a smooth
production flow by cutting waste. |
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Equalized
& Synchronized Production: The High-Mix Manufacturing System
that Moves Beyond JIT
Author: Toshiki Naruse
Product Code: 2520
ISBN: 978-1-56327-252-3
Pages: 313
Binding: Hard Cover
Price: US$58.00
Just-in-Time happens at a different time for each of your customers.
The difficult and costly task of meeting the individual production
requirements for each customer could threaten your survival. In
response to this predicament, Toshiki Naruse developed a new system
called Equalized and Synchronized Production (ESP). |
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Improving
Flow: Collected Practices and Cases
Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Product Code: 3322
ISBN: 978-1-56327-332-2
Pages: 160
Price: US$15.00
Readers of this book will learn how to move products and services
to the customer quicker while eliminating waste and improving
profits. |
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Just-in-Time
for Operators
Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Product Code: 1338
ISBN: 978-1-56327-133-5
Pages: 70
Binding: Paperback
Price: US$25.00
Are you ready to implement a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing
program but need some help orienting employees to the power of
JIT? Here is a concise and practical guide to introduce equipment
operators, assembly workers, and other frontline employees to
the basic concepts, techniques, and benefits of JIT practices. |
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Lean
Assembly: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Assembly Operations Flow
Author: Michel Baudin
Product Code: 2636
ISBN: 978-1-56327-263-9
Pages: 291
Binding: Hard Cover
Price: US$55.00
Lean Assembly is a guided tour of lean manufacturing techniques
applied to existing or newly designed assembly facilities. By
incorporating many photographs, figures, and tables, the author
illustrates the improvements and provides factory personnel engaged
in lean initiatives with ideas, solutions, and analytical tools. |
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Non-Stock
Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement
Author: Shigeo Shingo
Product Code: 3470
ISBN: 978-1-56327-347-6
Pages: 479
Binding: Paperback
Price: US$45.00
Now in Paperback
Dr. Shingo pulls together all the pieces of the production puzzle
and thoroughly destroys the myth of the inevitability of waste
and inventory. |
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One-Piece
Flow (p): Cell Design for Transforming the Production Process
Author: Kenichi Sekine
Product Code: 325X
ISBN: 978-1-56327-325-4
Pages: 308
Binding: Paperback
Price: US$55.00
How do you restructure a traditional production line into a one-piece
flow operation based on the demands of the marketplace? By reconfiguring
your traditional assembly lines into production cells based on
one-piece flow, you can drastically reduce your lead time, staffing
requirements, and number of defects. In this comprehensive book,
Sekine provides an in-depth examination into the why's and how's
of the restructuring process. |
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Pull
Production for the Shopfloor
Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Product Code: 2741
ISBN: 978-1-56327-274-5
Pages: 118
Binding: Paperback
Price: US$25.00
Written at a basic knowledge level for a wide audience, Pull Production
for the Shopfloor gives your shopfloor workers the information they
need to understand, plan, and implement pull production. |
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Reorganizing
the Factory: Competing Through Cellular Manufacturing
Authors: Nancy Hyer, Urban Wemmerlov
Product Code: 2288
ISBN: 978-1-56327-228-8
Pages: 770
Binding: Hard Cover
Price: US$100.00
Cellular manufacturing principles, applied to either administrative
work or production, are fundamental building blocks for lean and
quick response organizations. Reorganizing the Factory is the definitive
reference book in this important area. |
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Right-Sized
Equipment DVD
Author: Society Of Manufacturing Engineers
Product Code: PUB1R
ISBN: DV06PUB1
Binding: DVD
Price: US$280.00
This DVD gives the viewer an exclusive look into one of the Boeing
Company's Commercial Airplane Plant and Integrated Aero Structures
business unit to explain how Right-Sized Equipment fits with their
Lean journey. |
