JIT Factory Revolution: A Pictorial Guide to Factory Design of the Future

JIT Factory Revolution: A Pictorial Guide to Factory Design of the Future by Hirano, Hiroyuki. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780915299447.

Here at last is the first-ever encyclopedic picture book of JIT. With 218 pages of photos, drawings, and diagrams, this unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at actual production and assembly plants illustrates exactly how JIT looks and functions. It shows the way each area of a JIT plant is set up and provides hundreds of useful ideas you can implement, including: Multiprocess handling Cell technology manufacturing One-piece flow Quick changeovers Visual control systems Kanban and andon If youve made the crucial decision to run production using JIT and want to show your employees what its is all about--this book is a must. The photographs, from various Japanese production and assembly plants, provide vivid depictions of what work is like in a JIT environment. And the text, simple and easy to read, makes all the essentials crystal clear. Truly, a picture is worth a thousand words. You wont find a more accessible or enjoyable introduction to JIT anywhere. Its obvious why this is already one of our most popular books.