Lean Assembly: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Assembly Operations Flow (Hardcover)

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Lean Assembly will be a vital resource to those at the forefront of Lean implementation. It shows the reader how to properly analyze and design assembly systems, while working out all the details such as incorporating mistake-proofing concepts. Lean Assembly will find itself on the desk of the Lean Implementer rather than on a bookshelf collecting dust.

Designing and implementing lean production systems presents a never-ending host of curious puzzles. Experienced practitioners as well as novices will find Michel Baudins Lean Assembly full of creative solutions.

It differs from other lean manufacturing books in that it focuses on technical content as a driver for implementation. -- Industrial Engineer, December 2003

Takt time, line balancing and assembly cells are presented in great detail... Virtually every page contains clear drawings or photographs. -- Quality Progress, November 2003

This book is a welcome and much needed study of many cases and techniques for assembly line design. -- Target (the journal of the AME). 3rd Quarter 2003

Tom Berghan, Lean Specialist, Korry Electronics 06/01/04

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An Industrial Engineer Magazine 2003 Engineer's Bookshelf selection!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Productivity Press; 1 edition (October 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563272636
• ISBN-13: 978-1563272639
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #634,329 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lean Assembly, May 25, 2003

By	Charles Parks "Chaz Glass" (Athens, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This excellent book should be read by all who are involved in lean systems. It is written with the practitioner in mind and is full of the type of information that you would expect from an experienced consultant such as M. Baudin. This well developed book shows practical tools and techniques that are not found in other lean books. For example, chapter 2 shows how to use Product-Quantity analysis for production layout. This important tool is virtually ignored in the current popular lean literature. Another one of the strengths of this book is that the author discusses how the different lean tools should be applied in different manufacturing settings. For example, he recognizes the differences between automotive assembly and electronic assembly and shows what will and will not work in these different settings. So, no matter what your product is or your production volume, you will find this book to be invaluable. If you only read one book on lean manufacturing, this should be it. So many of the current books on lean manufacturing are written at such a high level that they are virtually useless to those who must actually design and operate a lean manufacturing system. Baudin's book will help you implement lean, not just talk about it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed guide to Lean Assembly, March 24, 2005

By	Mark Graban "www.leanblog.org, www.leanhospit... (Keller TX and Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Michel Baudin is a very credible and experienced lean consultant. This book is a very detailed and precise guide for setting up lean assembly lines, with topics covered ranging from line layout and setting, labor staffing, and materials/part presentation. I use this guidebook very often when working in a factory going through lean transformation efforts. In this book, you get very specific ideas and approaches, not high-level lean generalizations. Highly recommended and I look forward to the next book, "Lean Logistics."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clear examples of lean applications, November 13, 2006

By	Francisco Sancho (Savannah, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Before reading this book I would recommend reading something to help you understand the lean philosophy (Lean Thinking or the Toyota Way for example). Once the philosophy is understood, this book will give you good examples on how to apply some of the ideas and tools from Lean into a real world situation and will help you get your imagination going on how to apply it to your specific situation. The book covers a broad range of industries, from small high volume assemblies to aircraft assembly.