Book description
Making Lean Work: “In-the-Trenches” Help from a
World-Class Expert
Lean manufacturing can improve productivity and quality, shorten
lead times, reduce costs, and improve competitiveness. However,
succeeding with lean is not easy. Chris A. Ortiz, one of the
country’s most respected lean implementers, shows you exactly
how to overcome obstacles, drive value from lean, and sustain
success for the long term.
Ortiz draws on his experience leading many successful lean
transitions and more than 150 kaizen events. He shows you how to
prepare for a lean shop floor environment, implement best practice
procedures and standards, build executive support, lead kaizen
within the factory, and deal with the ups and downs you will
inevitably encounter.
Forget theory: This is a step-by-step, what-to-do guide for
professionals in the trenches—plant and engineering managers,
lean managers and directors, Six Sigma practitioners, and working
engineers.
Topics covered include
Seven reasons lean can fail—and how to overcome them
Establishing successful kaizen programs: champions, events, teams, goals, tracking, and scheduling
Avoiding early stumbling blocks in data collection, waste removal, and process design
Getting your operators and supervisors to “buy into” lean
Training managers, engineers, and new employees
Promoting flexibility and cross-training
Using lean to drive growth, not just save money
Lean leadership made simple: twelve practical techniques, five simple rules—and ten things not to do
Sample audit, tracking, and time study forms
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- 1. Case Study: How Lean Failed
- 2. The Change Commitment
- 3. The Lean Infrastructure: Kaizen
- 4. Early Stumbling Blocks
- 5. Operator and Supervisor Involvement
- 6. Lean Training Programs
- 7. Lean Manufacturing as a Growth Creator
- 8. Lean Leadership Made Simple
- Appendix A. Quick Reference
- Appendix B. Supplemental Material
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Lessons from a Lean Consultant
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2008
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780137144075
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