Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide

Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide by David Stewart. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780872635258.

Written by the prominent consulting firm, Total Systems Development, Inc. (TSD), Lean Manufacturing: A Plant Floor Guide is a complete inventory of the elements needed for successful implementation. It provides an overview and a specific rationale for your initiative. It is an easy-to-digest reference to aspects of lean that you may not have known about. Its a virtual toolbox of information that can be readily put to use on the plant floor. Internationally renowned editors John Allen, Charles Robinson, and David Stewart take readers on a comprehensive, street-level journey through lean implementation, from the seven wastes and flow processes to developing a business case, using lean tools, and applying readers newfound knowledge at greenfield and brownfield sites. Specific chapters on mapping the value stream, policy deployment, the five-phase implementation process, and problem-solving crystallize concepts with a pragmatic treatment. In addition, the brownfield implementation chapter is a must.