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The basic principle of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) is the impossibility of running a balanced factory at 100 percent capacity.

As machining processes become more advanced, so does the science behind them.

As machining processes become more advanced, so does the science behind them.

It is estimated that U.

This textbook teaches the key business and marketing principles needed to successfully design and launch new products and services in an international marketplace.

This book provides knowledge about the process of creating and designing products based on an Industry 4.

Defined as the total process of converting a line or process from one product to another, changeover will not only help your organization improve quality and flexibility, but it will save thousands and sometimes even tens of thousands of dollars per hour.

Although world-class firms like GE and Motorola have relied on Six Sigma to build their performance cultures, these processes are all too often left out of human resources (HR) functions.

Although there are many organizations that have implemented Lean production systems and become more profitable as a result, there can be a gap between what those organizations currently do and how they should plan for and profit from new business.

Using language that is easy to understand, Cross-Functional Productivity Improvement describes how improvement efforts can be undermined by errors and incompleteness.

Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders explains how to increase IT delivery capabilities through the use of Agile and Kanban.

Improved communication in business means higher profits.

Especially effective in dynamic and highly competitive environments, the Amoeba Management System has received attention from the Harvard Business Review and has already been successfully adopted at more than 400 companies around the world.

This book takes a systematic approach to problem definition, generation of alternative solutions, analysis, and selection of the preferred solution.

The biggest competitive advantage an organization can achieve comes from the synergies created by employees skilled in enhancing organizational dynamics.

What makes this book unique is a specific focus on aluminum recovery, rather than just recycling in general.

Many organizations develop strategic plans that gather dust on bookshelves.

Traditional accounting systems have become inadequate for today's increasingly competitive global manufacturing environment.

Things that are good for the planet are also good for business.

Accessible to the Lean novice and shop floor employee, The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting explores line balancing and the pre-assembly of components into a finished product in a just-in-time fashion (JIT Kitting).

Quality has quickly become one of the most important decision-making factors for consumers.

Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders explains how to increase IT delivery capabilities through the use of Agile and Kanban.

Professional certification has become a very popular topic and a significant number of individuals are making it a priority.

Self-Balancing is not just a tweak or change to assembly line balancing, but a completely transformed method for achieving continuous flow.

As a society, we tend to reward problem solvers, rather than those who prevent problems at their source.

An uncomfortable observation in the Shift Logs and Process Control records of most aluminum smelting plants is that process control failures, large and small, happen every day.

Using language that is easy to understand, Cross-Functional Productivity Improvement describes how improvement efforts can be undermined by errors and incompleteness.

Especially effective in dynamic and highly competitive environments, the Amoeba Management System has received attention from the Harvard Business Review and has already been successfully adopted at more than 400 companies around the world.

Defined as the total process of converting a line or process from one product to another, changeover will not only help your organization improve quality and flexibility, but it will save thousands and sometimes even tens of thousands of dollars per hour.

This book examines the cybersecurity phenomenon, looking at the folklore, the hype, and the behaviour of its practitioners.

Self-Balancing is not just a tweak or change to assembly line balancing, but a completely transformed method for achieving continuous flow.

Clothing and fashion accessories can serve as valuable primary sources for learning about our history.

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.

This book provides how-to guidance and examples for three types of maps, namely relationship map, cross-functional process map, and flowchart.

Encouraging efficiency, clarity, and disciplined thinking, A3 Problem Solving identifies a problem, describes the objective, and summarizes fact finding and action steps, all on a single A3-sized piece of paper.

Second Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota's master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas,

Traditional accounting systems have become inadequate for today's increasingly competitive global manufacturing environment.

As a society, we tend to reward problem solvers, rather than those who prevent problems at their source.

Accessible to the Lean novice and shop floor employee, The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting explores line balancing and the pre-assembly of components into a finished product in a just-in-time fashion (JIT Kitting).

The biggest competitive advantage an organization can achieve comes from the synergies created by employees skilled in enhancing organizational dynamics.

Following in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessor, Kevin J.

Many organizations develop strategic plans that gather dust on bookshelves.

This book introduces the challenges to apply current methodologies to create a lean office.

Asking tough questions about the current state of project management, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence: A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results provides groundbreaking techniques to achieve excellence in project leadership that can result in six sigma type results or failure-free projects.

Encouraging efficiency, clarity, and disciplined thinking, A3 Problem Solving identifies a problem, describes the objective, and summarizes fact finding and action steps, all on a single A3-sized piece of paper.

The expanding application of Concept Mapping includes its role in knowledge elicitation, institutional memory preservation, and ideation.

Manufacturing plays a vital role in European economy and society, and is expected to continue as a major generator of wealth in the foreseeable future.

Second Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota's master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas,

Originally designed to address safety concerns, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is now used throughout the industry to prevent a wide range of process and product problems.

Providing a carefully developed and comprehensive overview of the corrosion chemistry of metallic materials, this book covers the principal methods of corrosion prevention.