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How to implement lean manufacturing / Lonnie Wilson.
- Title
- How to implement lean manufacturing / Lonnie Wilson.
- Author
- Wilson, Lonnie, 1947-
- Publication
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | TS157 .W57 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 316 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. What Is the Perspective of This Book? -- 2. Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System -- 3. Inventory and Variation -- 4. Lean Manufacturing Simplified -- 5. The Significance of Lead Time -- 6. How to Do Lean - Cultural Change Fundamentals -- 7. How to Do Lean - The Four Strategies to Becoming Lean -- 8. How to Implement Lean - The Prescription for the Lean Project -- 9. Planning and Goals -- 10. Sustaining the Gains -- 11. Cultures -- 12. Constraint Management -- 13. Cellular Manufacturing -- 14. The Story of the Alpha Line -- 15. The Story of the Bravo Line: A Tale of Reduced Lead Times and Lots of Early Gains -- 16. Using the Prescription - Three Case Studies -- 17. The Precursors to Lean Not Handled Well -- 18. An Experiment in Variation, Dependent Events, and Inventory -- 19. Assessment Tools -- 20. A House of Lean.
- ISBN
- 9780071625074 (alk. paper)
- 0071625070 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009027013
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries