Running Today's Factory: A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing [Hardcover]

Charles Standard (Author), Dale Davis (Author), Jeffrey K. Liker (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 293 pages
• Publisher: Society of Manufacturing (October 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872635139
• ISBN-13: 978-0872635135
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,902,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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93 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Last !, December 15, 1999

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Kelly Callendar (Jackson, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Running Today's Factory: A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing (Hardcover)

Running Today's Factory is the best book written so far regarding the actual application of Lean Manufacturing concepts to the shop floor. In a well written and entertaining manner, it allows the reader to understand the somewhat counter-intuitive aspects of Lean Manufacturing by explaining both the simple mathematical proof and then the antedotal examples behind the theory. Running Today's Factory also illustrates with many practical examples how to apply Lean theory consistently to the day to day situations we encounter. There have been far too many antedotal articles and books written that gloss over the fundimentals. Running Today's Factory is a great book about logically applying Lean Manufacturing concepts with understanding and confidence.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Strategy? Not in this book, January 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Running Today's Factory: A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing (Hardcover)

This book lists the many problems we see in manufacturing, but to entitle the book "A proven strategy for lean manufacturing" is quite a stretch. For anybody who has been involved in Industrial Engineering or manufacturing for many years, this book will be yet another which lists known problems without describing a strategy for addressing these problems.

I question whether a degree in Anthropology is the best back ground to write a book in manufacturing strategy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evidences of Lean's Power, January 21, 2006

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Larry R. Graham (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Running Today's Factory: A Proven Strategy for Lean Manufacturing (Hardcover)

While the word 'strategy' appears in the subtitle of this book, it never promises to present an implementation strategy or a blueprint. The book dubs lean a 'proven strategy', and it goes on to present evidences (historical roots followed by logical and mathematical proofs) of many lean tools.

I tend to prefer the earlier books on what is now called 'lean', such as those of Shigeo Shingo. This is one of the relatively few recent books that has some real meat. It is not a light read, but it was an enjoyable and educational read. Anyone who wants to add more depth to their lean understanding should appreciate this Shingo Prize-Winning Book.