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The premiere book in Productivity Press' Shingo Prize Winning Shopfloor Series, 5S for Operators is a must read for anyone who is serious about unleashing the power of the 5S System in their workplace.
2006 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH
Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota senseis and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy & Me is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas, the plant ...
Through the successful application of Lean in the job shops, a group of world-class plants decided to share their world-class best practices in the Running Lean series of workbooks. BackStreet Lean is the flagship of this series and provides the foundation in which all job shops and small manufac...
Introduces production teams to Cellular Manufacturing; a process which involves rearranging traditional operational-based factory layouts into process-based cells that promote a smooth production flow by cutting waste.
2006 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH
Lean production has been proven unbeatable in organizing production operations, yet the majority of attempts to implement lean end in disappointing results.
Many companies applying lean use a top-down approach - a person or small group defines the business process in general terms and progressively expands it into more detailed elements. This method fails when the person or small group defining the process lacks the detailed knowledge of the tasks in...