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The Process Mind
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The Process Mind

by Philip Kirby
October 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
315 pages
9h 12m
English
CRC Press
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e Experiment: Creating a Process-Focused Organization255
Regardless of the conguration, the sequencing of workstations, equip-
ment, and people in a process-focused organization should be followed
by Step 3, which places all activities, from end-to-end, as close together
as possible.
Step 3
is step includes designing a workspace with minimum distance between
people, workstations, and equipment.
Repeat
In
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t
1
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FIGURE 11.10
Design option for straight-line one-piece ow (multi-process).
Entrance
Exit
S
ome Advantages:
Shor
test distance for people to walk
Work enters and leaves same place
Incre
ased communication (minimizes the distance between people) ...
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ISBN: 9781482228953