a plain language guide to the world's most powerful production system Dennis, Pascal 1957- creator text bibliography nyu New York Productivity Press c2007 2007 2nd ed. monographic eng

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176 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. The birth of lean production. Craft production. The mass production system. The growing dysfunction. The birth of lean production -- The lean production system. Why lean production? Systems and systems thinking. Basic image of lean production. Muda -- Stability. Standards in the lean system. Visual management. The five S system. Total productive maintenance -- Standardized work. Why standardized work? The elements of standardized work. Standardized work and kaizen. The importance of layout -- Just-in-time. why JIT? Flow and pull. Kanban and heijunka. Types of pull systems. Value stream management -- Jidoka. Why jidoka? Using pokayokes. Source inspection. Implementing jidoka -- Involvement. Why involvement? Kaizen circle activity. Practical kaizen training. Suggestion systems. Sustaining involvement -- Hoshin planning. Problems with conventional planning. The hoshin planning system. Creating flow in strategic planning. specialized Pascal Dennis ; with a foreword by John Shook. Production management Manufacturing processes Production control Just-in-time systems 9781563273568 (pbk.) 2007-273962 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0710/2007273962.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0710/2007273962.html UMP 080508 20251117145551.0 vtls000027542