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Improving Flow: Collected Practices and Cases
Author: Productivity Press Development Team
Product Code: 3322
ISBN: 1-56327-332-2
Published: 2006
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 6" X 9" X 3/8"
Illustrated: Yes
Price: US $15.00

Flow is a fundamental concept of lean manufacturing, and its improvement is a challenge to many organizations. After mastering basic visual tools, managers concentrate on increasing flow. Shopfloor and other lean professionals want to know how other companies are implementing and sustaining continuous flow improvement.

Improving Flow: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in the newsletter Lean Manufacturer Advisor. Readers will learn how to move products and services to the customer quicker while eliminating waste and improving profits.

Highlights include:

Practical, in-depth description of the advanced tools used for improving continuous flow, written in a conversational, easy-to-read style.
A large quantity of case studies unavailable in any other single source.
Real-life information about the practical issues that arise when implementing advanced tools in an organization.
Articles are categorized in four areas - Setting up Cells, Improving Flow, Smoothing Production, and Shortening Changeovers -- for easy reference.
Table of Contents

Part I: Setting Up Cells
Chapter 1: De-Coupling and Coupling: Keys to Better Cell Design
Chapter 2: Cell Staffing Options (by Vulcan Electric)
Chapter 3: Job Shop Breaks Traditional Rules with 1-Piece Flow Cells
Chapter 4: Cells on Wheels Give Company Ability to Shift Course Quickly
Chapter 5: Time to Take a Radical Step Forward
Chapter 6: Equipment Designed through 3P Makes a Small Startup Viable

Part II: Improving Flow
Chapter 7: Takt Time Can Configure a Cell
Chapter 8: You May Need Two Takt Times
Chapter 9: Reducing Scrap Paves the Way for a Big Boost in Capacity
Chapter 10: Building Out of Sequence is Expensive
Chapter 11: Ford Sees Its Future in Flexibility
Chapter 12: Building a Better Body Shop

Part III: Smoothing Production
Chapter 13: Heijunka Can Help Eliminate Production Peaks and Valleys
Chapter 14: Work Speeds Up as Operators Move
Chapter 15: Times, Not Products, Set Schedule
Chapter 16: 12-Hour Shifts Help Tire Plant Achieve Its Lean Objectives

Part IV: Shortening Changeovers
Chapter 17: What Is in Your Changeover? Probably More Than You Need
Chapter 18: SMED Doubles Parts Output for Metal Stamping Company
Chapter 19: Calculating Changeover Costs Reveals Potential for Savings
Chapter 20: Sequencing Products Leads to Least Changeover Time
Chapter 21: Success with Cardboard Duct Tape

Cellular Manufacturing/ Just-In-Time

	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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).
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

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