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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.
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Strategy? Not in this book,
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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.
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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.
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Running Today's Factory focuses on proven strategies for manufacturing management. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard labor variance, effective scv, effective processing time, judgement inspection, informative inspection, pull production control, processing time variability, factory transformation, factory physics, stated corporate goals, total system efficiency, large lot production, standard production rate, facturing strategy, bottleneck approach, possible cycle time, customer lead time, lean manufacturing philosophy, setup time reduction, pull system, small lot production, bottleneck time, takt time, lean philosophy, lean transformation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American System, Peggy's Pantry, Little's Law, United States, Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, Highland Park, Favorite Foods, Marino's Machine Shop, South Carolina, The New York Times, World War, Eli Whitney, Ford Rouge, Joseph Day, New World, Work-in-process Figure New!
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Running Today's Factory focuses on proven strategies for manufacturing management. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
standard labor variance, effective scv, effective processing time, judgement inspection, informative inspection, pull production control, processing time variability, factory transformation, factory physics, stated corporate goals, total system efficiency, large lot production, standard production rate, facturing strategy, bottleneck approach, possible cycle time, customer lead time, lean manufacturing philosophy, setup time reduction, pull system, small lot production, bottleneck time, takt time, lean philosophy, lean transformation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American System, Peggy's Pantry, Little's Law, United States, Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, Highland Park, Favorite Foods, Marino's Machine Shop, South Carolina, The New York Times, World War, Eli Whitney, Ford Rouge, Joseph Day, New World, Work-in-process Figure New!
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- Operations Management: A Systems Approach Through Text and Cases by Charles John Constable on 4 pages
- Operations Management: Decision Making in the Operations Function/Book and Disk (Mcgraw Hill Series in Management) by Roger G. Schroeder in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Operations Management by Schroeder in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The United States (Handbooks to the Modern World, 3-Vol. Set) by Godfrey Hodgson on page 162, and Back Matter
- Factory Physics Second Edition by Wallace Hopp on page 92, and Back Matter
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- Making Common Sense Common Practice: Models for Manufacturing Excellence by Ron Moore on page 34, and Index
- Let's Fix It!: Overcoming the Crisis in Manufacturing by Richard J. Schonberger on page 272
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