Relentless improvement true stories of lean transformations

Tracing the author's decades-long continuous improvement journey, Relentless Improvement: True Stories of Lean Transformations walks readers through vivid shop floor experiences to convey a genuine feel for the environments in which Lean Six Sigma transformations occur. Recounting numerous Lean...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trudell, Bill
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Productivity Press 2016
Edition:1st
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Transformation; Develop a Lean Roadmap; Get a Lean Leader; Establish a Lean Steering Committee; Establish a Lean Resource Plan; Establish a Lean Team in the Company; Establish and Communicate the Lean Vision for the Company; Develop the Roll-Out Plan; Implement the Plan; Implement Relentless Improvement; Map and Improve Support Processes; Move to Advanced Lean; Implement the Roll-Out Plan; General Training: Lean Values
  • Yamata; Are You Sure He Is Not Mad at Me?; Closing Out the Audit; Mouth Test; Lessons Learned; Multi-Plant Inventory Reduction; Lesson Learned; Bearing Shortage; Lesson Learned; Stickle Bricks: One-Piece Flow; Affinity Diagram; Lesson Learned; The War Room; Lesson Learned; The Project Continues; Design for Manufacture and Assembly; Proven Technology versus High-Tech; Lesson Learned; Competitive Product Comparison Project: Boston; Consulting Group; Lesson Learned Lean Transformation # 1; The New plant manager; The "Incentive" System; Quality at the End of the Line; The Aft Cabin; Rate versus
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • A Manufacturing Family; Lessons Learned; ; My First Factory; Lessons Learned; ; Maybe Not Lean
  • Overview; 5S Implementation; Map and Improve Value Streams; Implement Lean Metrics and Visual Management; Total Productive Maintenance (TPM); Align Product Development/New Product Launch with Lean Principles; Deploy and Sustain Relentless Improvement Activities; Map and Improve Support Processes; Kaizen Events; Move to Advanced Lean; Miscellaneous Topics Various; Surviving; Organizational Politics Leadership; How to Conduct a Process Mapping Event; DAY 1; DAY 2; DAY 3 Index