Beyond Lean Production

NOTE EDITORE

It is estimated that U.S. manufacturers arecurrently operating at only 65 percent effectiveness in implementing Lean production. Covering the fundamentals needed to be competitive in today’s marketplace, Beyond Lean Production: Emphasizing Speed and Innovation to Beat the Competition provides readers with the tools to help their organizations achieve 100 percent effectiveness in Lean production.Explaining that overseas factories can't compete with U.S. factories in speed of delivery to domestic customers, the book provides the understanding required to add speed and urgency in all that you do in the office and the factory. It explains how to eliminate waste so you can meet and even exceed your customers’ expectations regarding service, quality, and cost.The book is organized into two phases. The first phase, Holding Actions, covers the fundamentals needed to hold your position against the competition until you can implement the methods described in phase II of the book. It presents 12 little-known tools and strategic weapons that you can immediately put to use to improve on your current competitive position. Phase II, The Business Command Center, presents unique and powerful concepts that can be used with the fundamentals covered in phase I.Explaining how to use speed as a competitive weapon, the book will help you to remove the obstacles that interfere with continuous flow manufacturing. It presents the concept of circulatory management that can put a stop to the ever-increasing layers of management with decreasing ownership.By implementing the holding action and the business command center described in this book, you can significantly improve your odds of beating the competition at home and overseas.

SOMMARIO

Introduction Phase 1 Holding Actions Introduction Highlights of Key Items Holding Action First Tool 1: Continuous Flow Manufacturing Tool 2: High-Velocity Working Capital Tool 3: Process Utilization: Total Team Game Plan Tool 4: Pull Systems Push Your Production Forecast out the Door and Pull in Customer Satisfaction Tool 5: Root Cause Analysis Tool 6: Single-Minute Exchange of Dies Tool 7: Strategic Business Units An Old Idea Updated Makes Sense: Saves People, Space, and Overhead Important Points Conclusion Tool 8: Zero-Based Process Mapping Ten Steps to Process Mapping Tool 9: Strategic Kanbans Tool 10: Accelerated Return on Kaizen (ARK) Necessity Is the Mother of Invention Summary Tool 11: Supply Chain Management Tool 12: Inventory Turns Control A Items B Items C ItemsTool 13: Mall Theory Summary for Phase 1: Holding ActionsPhase 2 The Business Command CenterIntroduction to the Business Command Center Bold Breakthrough that Will Make You Rethink Your LeadershipThe Business Command Center What Is a Business Command Center? Implementing the Business Command Center Key Points of the Circulatory Management Chart Special Points Circulatory Management Business Command Center: Leadership How Do You Organize Control of the Command Center? SummaryWhat Are the Benefits of Having a Business Command Center?Future Possibilities Field Sales Organization Distribution CentersClosing ThoughtsFurther Information and HomeworkAdvanced Value Stream MappingAccounting: The Dictators of Corporations or Forgotten Priests? What Should Its Role Be?U.S. Product Engineering: Is It a Misdirected Missile as It Is Now Organized?Industrial Engineering: The Forgotten Function?Index

AUTORE

With more than 30 years of manufacturing experience, Roger G. Lewandowski is the former President of Carrier Air Conditioning for all of Canada and former president of their largest division Residential Division with over $2 billion in annual sales.After retiring from Carrier in 1993, Roger started World Competition Consultants and continues to troubleshoot for major Fortune 500 companies today. He has a vast imagination and a wealth of experience which has helped senior management develop profitable strategic plans and new approaches to marketing, sales, and distribution.Mr. Lewandowski is a proven motivational speaker and is the author of three books: Successful Leaders’ Secrets, Revolutionary Managers’ Handbook, and The Business Command Center. Roger is a Graduate of General Motors Institute with a BS Degree in industrial engineering.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781482215823
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 0.44 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 24 b/w images and 5 tables
• Pagine Arabe: 108