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Fast Track to Waste-Free Manufacturing
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Fast Track to Waste-Free Manufacturing

by John W. Davis
March 2020
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
8h 20m
English
Productivity Press
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The New Competition and the Old Barriers

FOR SOME TIME NOW Japanese manufacturers have been one of the more formidable competitors in the globally competitive manufacturing environment. On the other hand, their successes are no longer limited exclusively to them. Manufacturing operations in countries around the world have begun a relentless commitment to a new system of production that significantly enhances product quality, employee productivity, and customer satisfaction. While this system is built on the key principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS) or the just-in-time (JIT) operating philosophy, understanding and implementing the physical dynamics of JIT is only one small step in the right direction. For any firm seeking to ...

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