01942cam a2200265 a 4500 1/43972 131030s2007 enka b 001 0 eng 9781563273568 (pbk.) 46904 DLC DLC GR-PeUP 658.5 DEN Dennis, Pascal, 1957- Lean production simplified : a plain language guide to the world's most powerful production system / Pascal Dennis ; with a foreword by John Shook. 2η έκδ. New York : Productivity Press, c2007 176 σ. : εικ. ; 24 εκ. The birth of lean production. Craft production. The mass production system. The growing dysfunction. The birth of lean production -- The lean production system. Why lean production? Systems and systems thinking. Basic image of lean production. Muda -- Stability. Standards in the lean system. Visual management. The five S system. Total productive maintenance -- Standardized work. Why standardized work? The elements of standardized work. Standardized work and kaizen. The importance of layout -- Just-in-time. why JIT? Flow and pull. Kanban and heijunka. Types of pull systems. Value stream management -- Jidoka. Why jidoka? Using pokayokes. Source inspection. Implementing jidoka -- Involvement. Why involvement? Kaizen circle activity. Practical kaizen training. Suggestion systems. Sustaining involvement -- Hoshin planning. Problems with conventional planning. The hoshin planning system. Creating flow in strategic planning. Production management. Manufacturing processes. Production control. Just-in-time systems. Lean manufacturing. INST UNIPILB MAIN 20131030 658.5 DEN 00169763 00169763 LOAN 0 1 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0710/2007273962.html /webopac/covers/03/46904_9781563273568.jpg (pbk.)