How to implement lean manufacturing

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson Lonnie 1947-
Published: McGraw-Hill,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xv, 316 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780071625074 (alk. paper)
0071625070 (alk. paper)
Index Number: F406
CLC: F406.2
Call Number: F406.2/W749
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is the perspective of this book? -- Lean manufacturing and the Toyota production system -- Inventory and variation -- Lean manufacturing simplified -- The significance of lead time -- How to do lean--cultural change fundamentals -- How to do lean--the four strategies to becoming lean -- How to implement lean--the prescription for the lean project -- Planning and goals -- Sustaining the gains -- Cultures -- Constraint management -- Cellular manufacturing -- The story of the Alpha Line -- The story of the Bravo Line : a tale of reduced lead times and lots of early gains -- Using the presc