CHECK identifying gaps on the path to success

Numerous photographs enrich and illustrate specific tools used in Lean methodology Check: Identifying Gaps on the Path to Success Transactional Processes contains chapters on implementing Lean, Kanban systems, line balancing, Heijunka-leveling, andthe +QDIP process plus case studies of machine shop...

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Main Authors: Protzman, Charles, Whiton, Fred (Author), Kerpchar, Joyce (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] PRODUCTIVITY PRESS 2022
Series:BASICS Lean® Implementation Ser
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2. Heijunka, Planning and Scheduling, Sequencing Activities, Load Balancing
  • Procter and Gamble (P&G): Level Loading
  • Takt-Flow-Pull
  • Establishing Takt
  • What We Find: The Evils Created by "Demonstrated Capacity"
  • Lean Should Be Able to Beat Any Existing Standards
  • Build to Order versus Push Production versus Pull Systems
  • Scheduling Issues with Lean
  • Pulling in the Schedule
  • Building to Shortages
  • Triggers: MRP versus Kanban
  • Establishing Flow: Order Staging Rack in Place
  • Scheduling Board Rules
  • Heijunka: Production Leveling-Level Loading
  • Respect for Humanity and Ideas
  • Make the Employee's Job Easier
  • Make the Employee's Job Safer: The Best Safety Test
  • Scanlon Principles
  • Lean and Layoffs
  • Unions and Lean
  • Foundation for the Lean House: Total Company-Wide Quality Management
  • Quality Circles (Jishuken)
  • Total Company-Wide Quality Control
  • Problem-Solving: The 5 Whys
  • What We Know versus What We Don't Know
  • Know How versus Know Why
  • Poka Yoke
  • 5W2Hs: Another Tool to Get Rid of Waste
  • PCDSA: Dr. Shingo's Model
  • Chapter Questions
  • Exercise
  • Notes
  • Additional Readings
  • Level Loading/Kanban Scheduling Rules
  • Production Smoothing Example
  • Production Sequencing
  • Pitch
  • Milk Runs Timed within Second! It Is Possible!
  • Heijunka Box
  • Gotta Make the Numbers
  • What You Are Told Is the Problem, Normally Is Not!
  • Capacity and Load
  • Shop Floor Scheduling without Using the MRP System
  • Peak Demand
  • Setup and Number of Changeovers
  • Implementing Planning and Scheduling Tips
  • Lean Pulls Changes from Every Department
  • Chapter Questions
  • Discussion Question
  • Notes
  • Additional Readings
  • 3. Mistake Proofing
  • Lean Goal Is Zero
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • 1. BASICS Lean Implementation Model-Check
  • Check Principles
  • The House of Continuous Improvement
  • Brief History of the Toyota House Model
  • Purpose of a Model
  • Toyota House Model
  • Just in Time: The First Pillar
  • Going Direct to Retailers: P&G Goes JIT in the 1920S
  • Jidoka: The Second Pillar of the Toyota Production System
  • Difference between an Error and a Defect
  • Jidoka at Toyota
  • Toyota Tools to Obtain Jidoka
  • Labor-Saving (Monitoring of Equipment Is Unnecessary) Machine Jidoka
  • People Jidoka and the Use of Safety Glasses
  • The Safety Bonus System Story
  • What Sigma Level Are Humans?
  • The Jidoka Process
  • Why Is Jidoka So Difficult to Implement?
  • Man-to-Machine Ratios
  • Containment Action versus Countermeasures versus Solutions Solution
  • Long Action Item Lists that Keep Growing for the Wrong Reasons
  • Respect for Humanity: What We Call the People Piece
  • Top of the Toyota House: Respect for Humanity
  • Respect for Humanity Is Not
  • Respect for Humanity Is