TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Lonnie
TI  - How to Implement Lean Manufacturing
SN  - 9780071625074 (alk. paper)
AV  - TS157 .W57 2010
U1  - 658.5 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Production control
KW  - Lean manufacturing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is the perspective of this book? -- Lean manufacturing and the Toyota production system -- Inventory and variation -- Lean manufacturing simplified -- The significance of lead time -- How to do lean--cultural change fundamentals -- How to do lean--the four strategies to becoming lean -- How to implement lean--the prescription for the lean project -- Planning and goals -- Sustaining the gains -- Cultures -- Constraint management -- Cellular manufacturing -- The story of the Alpha Line -- The story of the Bravo Line : a tale of reduced lead times and lots of early gains -- Using the prescription--three case studies -- The precursors to lean not handled well -- An experiment in variation, dependent events, and inventory -- Assessment tools -- A house of lean -- Glossary
ER  -