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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Protzman, Charles
Other Authors: Whiton, Fred, Kerpchar, Joyce
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2022
Series:BASICS Lean® Implementation
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Sitting versus Standing and Walking Operations
  • Implementing Workstation Design
  • Point-to-Point Diagram After
  • Station Balancing and Load Balancing
  • Proper Sizing of the Quantity of Supplies Needed
  • Fit Up
  • Centralized versus Decentralized
  • Bringing Up the Line
  • Stall Tactic
  • Free Beer Tomorrow
  • Waiting to Solve Every Possible Situation
  • Training
  • Production is Most Important
  • Parallel Implementation
  • Start with the Team Leader or Group Leader/Supervisor
  • Quick Response Team
  • Lean Roles and Responsibilities
  • Guideline 7: The Layout Should Be Designed with Flow and Visual Controls in Mind
  • Guideline 8: Co-Locate Executives and Office Staff on or Near the Floor or Areas with Their Products
  • Guideline 9: Don't Plan Rework Inside a Cell
  • Guideline 10: Develop a Master Layout Early in the Project
  • Guideline 11: Layout Approval
  • Guideline 12: Housekeeping
  • How Do We Know When the Layout Is Right?
  • Struggling to Get the Layout Right?
  • Ten-Step Master Layout Process
  • Layout Review
  • Future Requirements Analysis
  • Point-to-Point Diagram
  • Architects versus Lean Hospitals
  • Ideal Layout
  • Other Layout Considerations
  • Chaku-Chaku and Hanedashi
  • Overarching Guidelines to Layout Redesign
  • Guideline 1: No Isolated Islands
  • Guideline 2: No or Limited Use of Doors, Drawers, Walls, and Partitions
  • Guideline 3: Flexibility
  • Guideline 4: Review Layout and Workstation Design for Travel Distance and "Ergonomics," Limit Reaching, and Implement Standing/Walking Operations
  • Guideline 5: Oba Gauge (Line of Sight)
  • Guideline 6: Staff Should Be Located on the Inside of the Work Cell and Replenishment Should Be from the Outside
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • 1. The BASICS® Model: Suggest Solutions
  • Solving the Lean Puzzle
  • The Process Block Diagram
  • Constraints
  • Points to Consider
  • Layout Recommendations, Reviews, and Approvals
  • Cell Layout Design
  • Beware of Isolated Islands
  • Fractional Labor
  • Bad Layouts
  • Fishbone Layout
  • Lean Layout Expectations
  • Creating the Lean Layout
  • Cell Design
  • U-Shaped Layout
  • Straight Line Layouts
  • Parallel Layouts
  • Assumptions and Options and Barriers
  • Block Layout Draft
  • Detail Layout
  • Phased Implementation Plan
  • ROI Analysis
  • Typical Approach to a Master Layout
  • Lean and Architects
  • Hospital Results-Laboratory
  • Master Layout Results
  • Workstation Design
  • Materials Should Be Fed from the Back of the Workstation
  • Batching Fixtures and Workstations Must Be Modified or Removed
  • Plan for Every Tool
  • Tooling Placement
  • Tooling Notes
  • Personal Tools versus Company-Owned Tools
  • Toolboxes
  • Tools for Machine Setups
  • Problem with Shadowed Tools