Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor #16536

Like all Shopfloor Series books, Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor presents concepts and tools in simple and accessible language. The book includes many illustrations and examples to explain basic concepts and some of the challenges that are encountered when looking for and eliminating waste. Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor is the ideal compliment to 5S, TPM, and other tools for building a lean manufacturing operation. Productivity's Shopfloor Series books offer a simple, cost-effective approach for building basic knowledge about key manufacturing improvement topics. Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor and all our Shopfloor Series books include innovative instructional features that are the signature of the Shopfloor Series. The goal: to place powerful and proven improvement tools in the hands of your entire workforce. Key learning features include: - Well-organized, and easy-to-assimilate learning - Chapter overviews and summaries - Questions throughout each chapter to help you apply the learning to your own workplace - Drawings and illustrations - Margin icons that flag definitions, main points, and other highlights - Table of Contents Chapter 1 What is Waste? What is waste? Why does waste occur? How does waste take root? The classification of waste The benefits of identifying and eliminating waste Chapter 2 The Seven Deadly Wastes Overproduction Inventory Conveyance Defects Processing Waste Operation Waste Idle Time Chapter 3 How to Discover Waste Using the back door Bringing latent waste to the surface Analyzing current conditions Chapter 4 How to Remove Waste Adopting the necessary attitude Removing waste in the movement of goods Removing waste in the actions of people Removing waste in the way people, goods, and machines are combined Chapter 5 How to Prevent Waste Standardization Visual and auditory controls The 5W and 1H Sheet Pointing to the future Chapter 6 Reflections and Conclusions An implementation summary Reflecting on what you've learned Opportunities for further learning Additional Resources related to identifying and eliminating waste Reviews Review By: Bob Moody, Value Stream Manager, Northrop-Grumman Navigation Systems - March 18, 2005 "The book has excellent material presented in a very useful format." Details   Weight 1.00 kg Price: AUS$44.00 including GST 10% Options   Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart

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