| | |  | Lean Manufacturing | Home » » » » Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Written by the prominent consulting firm, Total Systems Development, Inc. (TSD), Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide is a complete inventory of the elements needed for successful implementation. It provides an overview and a specific rationale for your initiative. It is an easy-to-digest reference to aspects of lean that you may not have known about. It's a virtual toolbox of information that can be readily put to use on the plant floor. Internationally renowned editors John Allen, Charles Robinson, and David Stewart take readers on a comprehensive, 'street-level' journey through lean implementation, from the seven wastes and flow processes to developing a business case, using lean tools, and applying readers' newfound knowledge at greenfield and brownfield sites. Specific chapters on mapping the value stream, policy deployment, the five-phase implementation process, and problem-solving crystallize concepts with a pragmatic treatment. In addition, the brownfield implementation chapter is a must. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| David Stewart | | Hardcover:
| 528 pages | | Publisher:
| American Technical Publishers* | | Publication Date:
| September 07, 2001 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0872635252 | | Package Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 A user looks at the guide after implementing LeanOct 05, 2001
By LaRoux Gillespie
This book is written in a lean manner. It is simple, common and easy to read. It describes ordinary things and ideas very clearly and with one purpose. This book provides all the roadmap, tools and insight needed to allow plants to achieve excellence. The authors take great pains to address common failures issues. They provide a single source handbook that any plant can understand and use, a source with example metrics and tools, with logic and simple ideas to prevent and overcome the daily issues faced by the team that implements Lean.This is not a book that deals much about soft issues. It is not a fuzzy warm feeling book about the people side, nor is it a motivational "you can do it" book. It is a frank easy to read book about simple steps and simple ideas that make plants great. It explains the people issues and the fact that unless working teams make the decisions and changes Lean will not happen. It is a long book, more of handbook length, but much easier to read. Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide fills the space between a detailed "How To" text and an overview. It provides coverage of every key issue in moving to Lean Manufacturing, offering rationale, plans and encouragement.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
A great reference!Oct 03, 2001
By george scamby
From understanding your customers needs, metrics, building a solid business case and launching a methodical process, this book has all the tools necessary for a sound lean transition.
Perhaps most importantly, it offers reliable advice on overcoming resistance and building an effective team.
"An excellent, comprehensive reference guide to understanding, deploying, and sustaining a lean operation."Mar 13, 2010
By Miss Maven
I highly recommend it to managers, practitioners, and front-line workers. Easy to follow and understand. The maturity matrix at the end is a great finishing point that motivates you to continue with your own operation!
Great bookJan 27, 2006
By River Rose
From the opening pages, to the last, this book summed up how to take your plant and make it "lean."
I have used the guidelines in the book at work and it has seemed to work seemlessly.
The information was sound and true. If you are looking for a down to earth approach and a way to get it done, then get this book!
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great BookOct 01, 2008
By Jake Hinkemeyer
The book was delivered very quickly and it was as described. I am very happy with the product.
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