Lean Machines for World-Class Manufacturing and Maintenance

Today's manufacturers are striving to improve the performance and reliability of their equipment and facilities to become more productive and more competitive. Lean Machines for World-Class Manufacturing and Maintenance is a definitive guide for improving equipment operability and maintainability through applied visuals and minor modifications. There are many benefits of applying Lean Machine principles to industrial equipment. Equipment is significantly easier to operate, easier to maintain, and easier to inspect and troubleshoot. Visuals have also shown that equipment-specific training can be reduced by 60 to 80 percent. All of this results in eliminating human error and improving efficiency and effectiveness. This book launches the next level of world-class simplicity for modern manufacturing and maintenance. The author has collected and explained proven methods for simplifying the interactions between people and machines. Lean Machines is the product of the author's many years of working as a mechanic, teacher, and consultant to hundreds of companies in dozens of industrial sectors. Consistent with the principles of Lean Manufacturing, Lean Machines for World-Class Manufacturing and Maintenance emphasizes techniques that eliminate many of the equipment-related wastes in today's workplace.