Pull Production for the Shopfloor (The Shopfloor Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1563272741 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 122 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good general overview Mike Mabry, TPS Champion, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Good general overview. I think the reader can understand through this book that the pull system is not an easy system to manage given that it features limited raw materials in inventory. If a just in time delivery is delayed and emergency stock is exhausted then eventually the line stops. However, on the up side, less inventory means more operating. "Easy to follow" according to Jason Martin. The book is easy to follow and gives you the key notes and principles.
This book will enable plant managers to explain and thereby get support the support they need from higher management for their pull implementation efforts.In this book you will learn about:Key concepts and applications of pull productionThe five steps to implementing a pull production systemProduction levelingLine balancingManaging pull production with kanbanOne-piece flow productionLinking your suppliers to your pull production systemProductivity's Shopfloor Series books offer a simple, cost-effective approach for building basic knowledge about key manufacturing improvement topics. Use this book to get everyone on board to reduce work in process inventory, lead-time, and other profit-draining expenses. In a "pull" production system, the final process pulls needed parts from the previous process, which pulls from the process before it, and so on, as determined by customer demand. The goal: to place powerful and proven improvement tools such as pull production techniques in the hands of your entire workforce.Key learning features include:Well-organized, and easy-to-assimilate learningChapter overviews and summariesQuestions throughout each chapter to help you apply the learning to your own workplaceDrawings and illustrationsMargin icons that flag definitions, main points, and other highlights. Like all our Shopfloor Series books, Pull Production for the Shopfloor includes innovative instructional features that are the signature of the Shopfloor S