| | |  | Lean Manufacturing | Home » » » » The New Lean Pocket Guide XL | | | | | | | Description: | | The most comprehensive and practical explanation of Lean concepts and tools made for the shop floor is now available in a larger format. The New Lean Pocket Guide XL has over 120 illustrations to visually convey the tools and concepts, along with detailed descriptions of all the Lean tools. This newer and larger version of the best selling The Lean Pocket Guide also includes: a section on Lean Office and Six Sigma, 20+ digital photos demonstrating Lean in action, a Waste Audit, and a Glossary of Lean terms. The tools of 5S, value stream mapping, document tagging, continuous flow, standard work, visual control, takt time, pitch, runners, waste, plus numerous other Lean tools are thoroughly defined as well as guidelines provided for the implementation of each tool. This version has digital photos of Lean production best practices throughout! | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Don Tapping | | Spiral-bound:
| 212 pages | | Publisher:
| MCS Media, Inc. | | Publication Date:
| August 05, 2006 | | ISBN:
| 0977072010 | | Package Length:
| 8.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 16 reviews |
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23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Going Beyond Typical Lean MaterialsSep 07, 2006
By Kimberly A. Monahan
I have purchased nearly every Lean book that has been published over the past 10 years, including The Lean Pocket Guide (MCS Media, Inc.) and found this book to be the best value on the market from current materials available. I like the larger print (in the 5" by 7" format), the new topics that were included, but most significantly, the actual photos of Lean manufacturing practices. The photos that were included have assisted our continuous improvement teams already. Seeing the picture of the Heijunka board for planning on page 26 allowed us to modify our entire shop floor scheduling visual system to emulate something similar to what this displayed. Many other photos that were included also are giving us great ideas for future kaizen events. Great addition to the world of Lean books! Lean Lean Trainer, Sycor Manufacturing, Inc.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Great pocket guide on LeanAug 12, 2007
By M. ORIAS
"puccagirl73"
I like the format of this handbook and it is definitely easy to use, it gives simple explanations on the concepts and tools of Lean. I would definitely purchase copies for my process improvement team. I would also use it to teach lean concepts in my company.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
The Best Lean Book Out ThereAug 30, 2006
By Jaclyn D. Hassenzahl
I had purchased The Lean Pocket Guide over a year ago and recently purchased The New Lean Pocket Guide XL. Both are superb Lean references. What I do like about the XL version, including the new chapers on Lean Office, Six Sigma, is the Glossary of Lean Terms and the Waste Audit. But most of all what I found most beneficial were the actual photos placed throughout demonstrating many of the Lean tools. Many books just offer illustrations, The New Lean Pocket Guide XL shows Lean in action in various manufacturing operations. The book does it for me. I will be purchasing these for all my managers and supervisors (the associates already have The Lean Pocket Guide). An excellent enhancement of an already great book!
Continuous Improvement Coordinator, BA Systems, Inc.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 A Good Collection of Lean ToolsJan 17, 2007
By Mr. Ross Maynard
This book is a handy collection of all the lean tools you can think of. Each tool is described clearly and simply in a couple of pages with a step by step guide for implementation. You probably need to have a background understanding of lean and its principles to use book but it is a handy reference of all the tools. It lacks overview material on the history and philosophy of lean, and it would be useful to have a clearer description of how to fit the tools together (perhaps some flow charts of what to use when etc). In summary then, great description of lean tools; lacks the background on lean and how to deploy it as a philosophy.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
The New Lean Pocket GuideJun 01, 2009
By Ricardo Sojo
Very clear the basic concepts of Lean. Also the draws helps lots to understant these concepts.
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