CALENDARIO

01 (81) 8340 9510

01 (800) 888 5000

Henry Ford's Lean Vision: Enduring Principles from the First Ford Motor Plant
Author: William A. Levinson
Product Code: 2601
ISBN: 1-56327-260-1
Publisher: Productivity Press
Published: 2002
Pages: 358
Binding: Hard Cover
Dimensions: 6 X 9.25 X 1 "
Illustrated: Yes
Pages Description: figures/photographs/index
Price: US $45.00

Praise from Industry Week, January 2003
"...In Henry Ford's Lean Vision...Levinson shows how the father of American mass production toiled to eliminate waste, instituted just-in-time delivery of inventory, and applied many other tools now identified with lean..."
Japanese manufacturers have made concepts like kaizen (continuous improvement), poka-yoke (error-proofing), and just-in-time famous. When the Japanese began to adopt these techniques from the Ford Motor Company during the early twentieth century, they knew exactly what they were getting: proven methods for mass-producing any product or delivering any service cheaply but well.

Henry Ford's methods, however, went well beyond the synergistic and mutually supporting techniques that constitute what we now call lean manufacturing. They included the "soft sciences," the organizational psychology that makes every employee a partner in the drive for success.

In Henry Ford's Lean Vision, William A. Levinson draws from Henry Ford's writings, the procedures in his factories, and historical anecdotes about the birth of lean in Japan to show that the philosophy that revolutionized Japanese manufacturing was the same philosophy that grew the Ford Motor Company into a global powerhouse -- and made the United States the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. Levinson reveals how Ford was ahead of other modern visionaries and discusses why the very ideas that made his company such a success were abandoned in his own country, and why they finally found acceptance in Japan.

Henry Ford's Lean Vision is a hands-on reference that provides the reader with proven principles and methods that can be applied in any business or service enterprise. It covers all aspects of building and running a successful enterprise, including Ford's principles for human relationships and the management of physical resources.

Table of Contents

Introduction
What to Expect from this Book
Background Resources
Chapter by Chapter Overview

Chapter 1: Brave New World: Changing How the World Works
The Bottom Line: Ford's Results Speak for Themselves
Defining Lean Enterprise
Ford's Basic Principles

Chapter 2: Ford's Principles: The Foundation
Natural Law
Ford and Eastern Philosophy: The Japanese Connection
Continuous Improvement: Kaizen
Bringing Win-Win to the Workplace
Service

Chapter 3: Ford on Labor Relations
Management and Labor as Partners
No Free Lunch: A Key Concept
Human Resource Practices
Employee Housing and Stores

Chapter 4: Principles for Organizational and Personal Success
Persistence
Initiative
Breaking Down Organizational Barriers
Corporate Culture at the Ford Motor Company
How the Ford Motor Company Lost Its Culture

Chapter 5: Perceiving Genuine Value
A Warning to the United States
Everything Must Add Value
Middlemen Do Not Add Value
Advertising as Waste
No Free Lunch

Chapter 6: Ford on Economics, Government, and Health Care
Business Cycles
The Stock Market Should Be Irrelevant to National Prosperity
The Role of Inexpensive Energy
The Role of Government
Health Care

Chapter 7: Eliminate Waste
"Everything But the Squeal"
ISO 14000 Is Free

Chapter 8: Ford's Factory
The Factory and the Worker
Continuous Improvement: Kaizen
Lean Manufacturing
5S-CANDO
Just-In-Time (JIT) Manufacturing and Inventory Reduction
Design for Manufacture and Design for Assembly
Process Simplification and Improvement
Packaging and Delivery
Point-of-Use Assembly
Occupational Safety
Quality Control

Chapter 9: Customer and Supplier Relationships
Identifying Markets and Creating Demand
Pricing Strategy
Supply Chain Management

Chapter 10: Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management
Did Taylor Influence Ford?
Scientific Management, Lean Manufacturing, and Kaizen Blitz
Taylor and Motion Efficiency
The Truth Behind Taylorism
Principles for Change Management
An Experimental Design Tragedy

Chapter 11: The Influence of Benjamin Franklin
Franklin on Waste
Franklin on Initiative, Self-Reliance, and Persistence
Franklin on Money

Bibliography

Index

Reviews

Review By: Dee Jacob, Partner, The Goldratt Institute - June 1, 2004
"Henry Ford's Lean Vision could have been written about the Theory of Constraints (TOC) as much as about Lean! To understand better TOC's concepts of Throughput World, satisfying all of the stakeholders, creating value, managing the supply chain and the constraint, the reader need only look into the fundamentals and principles of Henry Ford in Mr. Levinson's book. The book captures the idea that sustainable success must come from an integrated approach of leadership, methodology, culture and organizational alignment. Anyone who is trying to implement Theory of Constraints or Lean or other improvement methodologies should read and reread this book. Its historical analogies and numerous references to the more modern gurus make it an interesting and enjoyable read!"

(Para acceder a mas información hacer un clic en la imagen del libro)

	Andy & Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey Author: Pascal Dennis Product Code: 2989 ISBN: 978-1-56327-298-1 Pages: 192 Binding: Paperback Price: $22.95 2006 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota senseis and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy & Me is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas, the plant manager. The situations, characters and plant "politics" will ring true with many readers.
	Baldrige Award Winning Quality - 16th Edition: How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Author: Mark Graham Brown Product Code: 3643 ISBN: 978-1-56327-364-3 Pages: 400 Binding: Paperback Price: $50.00 Now in its 16th edition, Baldrige Award Winning Quality is the most widely used and recognized book on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The 2007 Criteria now includes 18 questions, one for each of the Baldrige Criteria Items.
	The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Criteria - 13th Edition Author: Mark Graham Brown Product Code: 3650 ISBN: 978-1-56327-365-0 Pages: 68 Binding: Paperback Price: $6.95 This pocket guide has been updated for 2007 to interpret the criteria in the seven Baldrige categories. It begins with commonly asked questions about the Award criteria. It then breaks down the 19 items under the seven category headings of the Baldrige criteria with concise explanation and quick tips of what excellent companies do in each area.
	Baldrige Award Winning Quality - 15th Edition: How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Author: Mark Graham Brown Product Code: 3349 ISBN: 978-1-56327-334-6 Pages: 400 Price: $45.00 The Baldrige criteria have been updated for 2006. Reflecting recent events, the new criteria include a focus on an organization's business ethics and governance systems. It asks how a company plans to stay operational during an emergency event, such as a terrorist act or a natural disaster. In total, there are now 33 Areas to address in the 2006 criteria, including an increased focus on leadership, strategic planning, measurement, analysis, knowledge management, process management and business results.
	The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Criteria - 12th Edition Author: Mark Graham Brown Product Code: 3365 ISBN: 978-1-56327-336-0 Price: $5.95 This booklet is a guide to interpreting the criteria in the seven Baldrige categories to help your organization improve quality.
	Building Organizational Fitness: Management Methodology for Transformation and Strategic Advantage Author: Ryuji Fukuda Product Code: 1443 ISBN: 978-1-56327-144-1 Pages: 250 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $50.00 Undoubtedly, the most urgent task for companies today is to take a hard look at the future. To remain competitive, management must nurture a strong capability for self development and a strong corporate culture, both of which form part of the foundation for improvement. But simply understanding management techniques doesn't mean you know how to use them. You need the tools and technologies for implementation.
	Creating Lean Corporations: Reengineering from the Bottom Up to Eliminate Waste Author: Jeffrey Morgan Product Code: 3241 ISBN: 978-1-56327-324-7 Pages: 272 Binding: Hardcover Price: $40.00 This book is for business process managers (especially lean leaders) who seek to reengineer their business processes using lean principles.
	Developing a Lean Workforce: A Guide for Human Resources, Plant Managers, and Lean Coordinators Authors: Rick Harris, Chris Harris Product Code: 3489 ISBN: 978-1-56327-348-3 Pages: 176 Price: $45.00 This book will detail Human Resources' role in a lean manufacturing transformation and guide it to develop a "Lean Thinking" workforce.
	Freedom From Command and Control: Rethinking Management for Lean Service Author: John Seddon Product Code: 3276 ISBN: 978-1-56327-327-8 Pages: 238 Binding: Hardcover Price: $45.00 Through extensive case material, this book explains the difference between command and control and systems thinking and illustrates how the latter leads to improved service, better revenues, lower costs, and higher staff morale.
	Get It, Set It, Move It, Prove It: 60 Ways To Get Real Results In Your Organization Author: Mark Graham Brown Product Code: 3063 ISBN: 978-1-56327-306-3 Pages: 224 Binding: Paperback Price: $22.95 If you seek to produce measurable results in your organization, this book is for you. It provides practical and useful methods that you can use immediately and points out habits you should avoid. Get It, Set It, Move It, Prove It is about getting real results and being able to prove them. Selected as one of the year's best books for 2004 by Industrial Engineer Magazine, December 2004
	Handbook of Strategies and Tools for the Learning Company Author: C. Carl Pegels Product Code: 2105 ISBN: 978-1-563272-10-3 Pages: 496 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $65.00 Thirty four chapters filled with real-world examples. Discusses empowerment of employees, teams and participation, successful restructuring, outsourcing components and services, improving productivity and efficiency, customers and product management.
	Henry Ford's Lean Vision: Enduring Principles from the First Ford Motor Plant Author: William A. Levinson Product Code: 2601 ISBN: 978-1-56327-260-8 Pages: 358 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $45.00 Japanese manufacturers have made concepts like kaizen (continuous improvement), poka-yoke (error-proofing), and just-in-time famous. When the Japanese began to adopt these techniques from the Ford Motor Company during the early twentieth century, they knew exactly what they were getting: proven methods for mass-producing any product or delivering any service cheaply but well.
	Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise: Developing Competitive Capabilities and Managing Profit Author: Thomas L. Jackson Product Code: 342X ISBN: 978-1-56327-342-1 Pages: 224 Binding: Paperback Price: $50.00 This workbook will show you the mechanics of implementing hoshin kanri, so that you can systematically improve your brand equity, implement Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma, and integrate your suppliers into a Lean and Six Sigma organization.
	Hoshin Kanri: Policy Deployment for Successful TQM Author: Yoji Akao Product Code: 311X ISBN: 978-1-56327-311-7 Pages: 241 Binding: Paperback Price: $50.00 Convert a company vision to individual responsibility through flexible strategic management. Hoshin Kanri, the Japanese term for policy deployment, is an approach to strategic planning and quality improvement that has become a pillar of Total Quality Management for a growing number of companies.
	Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth Author: Satoshi Hino Translator: Andrew Dillon Product Code: 3004 ISBN: 978-1-56327-300-1 Pages: 352 Binding: Hardcover Price: $50.00 This book clarifies the principles through which any enterprise or organization can learn to attain its own sustained growth. The ultimate goal is not to simply mimic Toyota's formula, but to learn from it and, in doing so, surpass it.
	Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases Author: Productivity Press Development Team Product Code: 3268 ISBN: 978-1-56327-326-1 Pages: 160 Binding: Paperback Price: $15.00 Provides a variety of case studies, all focus on cultural issues, ranging from the role of top management, to training and development of workers and managers, to building buy-in and to sustaining the culture.
	Lean Supply Chain Management: A Handbook for Strategic Procurement Author: Jeffrey P. Wincel Product Code: 289X ISBN: 978-1-56327-289-9 Pages: 239 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $45.00 Lean Supply Chain Management provides procurement and supplier development professionals with a powerful and profitable method for strategic procurement.
	Manufacturing Strategy, 2nd Edition: How to Formulate and Implement a Winning Plan Author: John Miltenburg Product Code: 3179 ISBN: 978-1-56327-317-9 Pages: 355 Binding: Hardcover Price: $65.00 Incorporating comments and suggestions from managers who used the first edition of Manufacturing Strategy, John Miltenburg expands and improves on his focus in the areas of: International Manufacturing — where the focus is on a company's international network of factories; Competitive Strategy — where managers must understand the role manufacturing strategy plays in their company's business strategy; and Manufacturing Programs — showing how programs such as quality management, six sigma, agile manufacturing, and supply chain management fit within the manufacturing strategy.
	Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times Author: Rajan Suri Product Code: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-56327-201-1 Pages: 544 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $55.00 Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) builds upon kaizen, TQM, TPM, and other strategies to use speed for competitive advantage. The difference between QRM and other time-based programs is QRM involves the entire organization -- from the shop floor to the office, from purchasing to sales.
	Supply Chain Development for the Lean Enterprise: Interorganizational Cost Management Authors: Robin Cooper, Regine Slagmulder Product Code: 2180 ISBN: 978-1-56327-218-9 Pages: 544 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $55.00 In this book, the authors use nine case studies to document the way successful companies transfer cost management pressures across organizational boundaries.
	Today and Tomorrow: Commemorative Edition of Ford's 1926 Classic Author: Henry Ford Product Code: 364 ISBN: 978-0-915299-36-2 Pages: 262 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $35.00 Read the words of Henry Ford, the man whose revolutionary ideas transformed an industry.
	Toyota Management System: Linking the Seven Key Functional Areas Author: Yasuhiro Monden Product Code: 1397 ISBN: 978-1-56327-139-7 Pages: 245 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $35.00 A comprehensive and systematic description of Toyota's entire management system. It covers not only production but also research and development, sales management, cost planning, financial and organizational management, and international strategy.
	Transforming Strategy into Success: How to Implement a Lean Management System Authors: Reb Gooding, George Shinkle, Michael Smith Product Code: 2997 ISBN: 978-1-56327-299-8 Pages: 272 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $35.00 Transforming Strategy into Success introduces lean principles to the realm of corporate leadership and management. Selected as one of the best books for 2004 by Industrial Engineer Magazine, December 2004.
	20 Keys to Workplace Improvement Author: Iwao Kobayashi Product Code: 1095 ISBN: 978-1-56327-109-0 Pages: 302 Binding: Hard Cover Price: $55.00 Presents upgraded criteria for the five-level scoring system and supports your progress toward becoming not only best in your industry -- but best in the world.
	Four Practical Revolutions in Management: Systems for Creating Unique Organizational Capability Authors: Alan Graham, Shoji Shiba, David Walden Product Code: 3889 ISBN: 978-1-56327-388-9 Pages: 784 Binding: Paperback Price: $65.00 This book is one of the most comprehensive in the management field and provides a step-by-step program for implementing lean management techniques.