July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
356 pages
11h 40m
English
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Chapter 7
Four Steps of Job Methods
Improvement
As discussed in Chapter1, embedded in the Job Methods (JM) improvement plan
are some of the fundamental tenets underlying continuous improvement (kaizen),
quality circles, proposal systems, and many other concepts that developed in
Japan after World War II and have become the principles of today’s Lean manu-
facturing. Specically, JM is a four-step method that helps supervisors develop an
improvement plan to produce greater quantities of quality products in less time by
making the best use of the manpower, machines, and materials now available.
Furthermore, JM applies to the scope of each su