Lean manufacturing : implementation, strategies that work: a roadmap to quick and lasting success

Offers an approach to implementing Lean manufacturing, pointing out the stumbling blocks and pitfalls to avoid. This title helps American manufacturing effectively go about the task of making Lean a viable process. It provides readers with a path to inserting Lean in a manufacturing operation and a...

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Main Author: Davis, John W. , 1938- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Industrial Press , c2009
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300 |a xxii, 178 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 175) and index 
505 0 |a 1. The basic flaws and misconceptions about lean -- 2. As a plant's equipment goes, so goes lean -- 3. Accepting the need for change -- 4. Setting the stage -- 5. Examining level one lean in closer detail -- 6. The search for greatness 
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