Flow and lean manufacturing methods have become a necessity in today's competitive world, for manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies to need to be fast, good and make a profit. Advanced Flow Manufacturing discusses the obstacles and risks associated with flow/lean, and presents a suite of tools to virtually eliminate the risk from a flow manufacturing implementation.
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Richard D. Rahn, MBA, CPIM Richard D. Rahn is the president of FlowAlliance a Flow Manufacturing consulting, publishing and software tools firm headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. Formerly a vice-president with both the Kiran Consulting Group and the John Costanza Institute, Richard is a recognized leader in training and implementation of Flow Manufacturing. He has lead over 30 successful implementation programs in the US, Canada, Europe and Mexico, and has trained over 3,000 manufacturing professionals in Flow Manufacturing techniques. He has introduced Flow Manufacturing to some of the world's largest companies, including General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, John Deere, Kodak and Emerson Electric. FlowAlliance is a pioneer in the development of lean tools for Flow Manufacturing, including the use of computer simulation modeling and Advanced Planning methodologies. This approach is presented in Richard’s first book, Advanced Flow Manufacturing. Richard was raised in Manila and Mexico City, and teaches and consults in Spanish and English. He graduated Cum Laude from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont and received his MBA from the University of Colorado. He has 14 years of manufacturing and management experience with Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado and Storage Technology Corporation in Louisville, Colorado. Flow Manufacturing has been his specialty for the past 12 years.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Buy,
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This review is from: Advanced Flow Manufacturing (Paperback)
Don't bother buying this book, just an advertising pamphlet and nothing more. Save your money! Two of the good reviews are written by the same person!
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Very Concise / Very Different / Not a Reference / Fills in the Cracks!,
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At first glance, I was furious! Tiny, skinny, little thing! Then I started to scan it. Oh no! Look at all the buzzwords and euphemisms!
Then I started to read it. Guess what? It's really good. Lot's of DIFFERENT stuff you don't hear other places. Would this be a good one book to have on Flow or Lean? No. I don't think so. But would it be one of the best books in your Manufacturing Engineering Library? Yes. I think it would be. For example, they talk a lot about computer simulation. How important it is. How surprising the results might be. I just happened to be doing a simulation when I started this book. So they won me over. I was wondering why no one had mentioned the criticality of simulating your workcell(s)! Indeed, it is "Advanced" on the subject of Flow Manufacturing. And hear and there I find more of these little tidbits. The authors, despite an unabashed penchant for "Consulting Buzzwords," provide exactly the kind of information you won't find in "those" kinds of books. A strange but quite gratifying experience. This book is for you if you've been studying for a Lean Transformation (especially from a Batch Job Shop), but are starting to tire of reading the same ole same ole, over and over again. Reading through this material was rather like an Easter Egg hunt. It's not a whole dinner; but it's a special treat. An after dinner Cognac. Authoritative. Very different.
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A must for anyone starting a lean initiative,
By Patricia (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Advanced Flow Manufacturing (Paperback)
Best book on lean that I have seen yet! The book is just what I needed!
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