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Visual Tools: Collected Practices And Cases (Insights on Implementation)
Productivity Press Manufacturer: Productivity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1563273314 |
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Visual tools are an essential part of any lean transformation, and understanding correct application of appropriate tools is crucial. This book clearly illustrates how successful organizations, such as Boeing and Maytag, have implemented visual tools in their operations, as well as their respective achievements and the challenges they faced.Visual Tools: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturer Advisor - the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.
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Lean Supply Chain: Collected Practices And Cases (Insights on Implementation)
Manufacturer: Productivity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1563273306 |
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Applying lean to the supply chain is a hot topic. While lean operations can produce significant benefits to an organization, the greatest benefits will not be realized unless lean is extended beyond the organization to involve both suppliers and customers.Lean Supply Chain: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturing Advisor -- the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.
Highlights include:
Practical, in-depth descriptions of lean supply chain issues - including supply chain strategy -- most of which have not been described in other publications, written in a conversational, easy-to-read style. A large quantity of case studies unavailable from any other single source. Real-world information about the practical issues of managing the lean supply chain and working with supply chain partners. Articles are categorized in three areas -- Supply Chain Strategies, Building Partnerships, and Improving Distribution - for easy reference.
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VERY USEFUL.......2007-09-04
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World Class Supply Management: The Key to Supply Chain Management with Student CD (Cases)
David N. Burt , Donald W Dobler , and Stephen Starling Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0072831561 |
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The best-selling textbook in purchasing and supply management through several editions, this book presents a practical framework for students to apply how firms actually manage the enterprise-wide functions of purchasing and supply in today’s business environment. This edition represents a complete and thorough revision of the book, now explaining purchasing and supply management in the context of the supply chain, which. has begun to dominate the literature in the field. World Class Supply ManagementSM: The Key to Supply Chain Management, Seventh Edition, reflects that change in focus, right down to the title (formerly called, more traditionally, Purchasing and Supply Management; now with the subtitle that specifically references the book’s increased focus on supply-chain issues). New chapters have been added to the beginning and end of the text, to frame the new discussion of supply chain issues. The book has also been thoroughly updated to reflect the realities of purchasing and supply management in the digital age.Customer Reviews:
Good reference but outdated.......2000-11-03
Average, not great.......2000-10-19
Thankyou MR. DOBLER.......2000-01-18
The core Purchasing text that must be on your shelf........1999-02-06
The book establishes common language to describe Purchasing core processes that are applicable across industry and organizational lines. Because of the common language it establishes it can be really helpfull for someone who has been in a single industry or organization for some time that wants to transition to another industry but only knows the terms from their previos field.
For example someone involved in government procurement wishing to transition to the private sector might find the book usefull. Furthermore, it is written in the same language as appears on the NAPM APP and CPM examinations.
I have used the book both in a Purchasing Masters Degree Program at St Marys College in California and also in a Purchasing Certificate Program offered by the University of Phoenix and the material and cases are always well received by the students. The cases in particular are good and provide a common ground for people who have used the book.
There are some other books out there and new gurus are emerging but for now this is still the best.
William J. Kohnen Instructor University of Phoenix
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Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth
Satoshi Hino Manufacturer: Productivity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1563273004 |
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Toyota's sustained growth attracts the attention of economists and industrialists around the world eager to learn the secrets of Toyota's lasting success.In Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth, Satoshi Hino examines the source of Toyota's strength: the fundamental thinking and management structures that lie beneath the creation of its famed Toyota Production System. From the perspective of a professional with 30 years experience in the auto industry, Hino presents a fresh and detailed analysis of Toyota's essential management system, from its very beginnings into the 21st century.
This book:
Presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the Toyota management philosophy.
Clarifies the mechanisms used to transmit its winning system from generation to generation.
Gives a historical perspective on the structural anatomy of Toyota's management foundation.
Provides analysis emphasizing research, product planning, design, and development functions.
The ultimate goal is not simply to mimic Toyota's formula, but to learn from it and, in doing so, surpass it.
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Operations Management: Contemporary Concepts and Cases with Student CD-ROM
Roger G Schroeder Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0073230588 |
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Operations Management: Contemporary Concepts and Cases, is an ideal book for the instructor seeking a short text with cases. This book employs a cross-functional perspective, appealing to non-majors and practical for use in an MBA level course in operations management. The size and price of the book also make the text attractive for the cross-functional curriculum where students are required to purchase more than one text. The cases offer variety in length and rigor; and several are from Harvard and Darden. This mix makes the book appropriate for both undergraduates and MBA students.Customer Reviews:
A good supplementary text .......2006-01-26
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Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions: Applications for Service Operations--Foundations, Tools, DMADV, Cases, and Certification (Six Sigma)
Howard S. Gitlow , David M. Levine , and Edward A. Popovich Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131855247 |
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Perpetuating the Family Business 50 Lessons Learned from Long-Lasting, Successful Families in Business John L. Ward A comprehensive guide to sustaining a family business based on the practices of the world's most successful family empires ohn L. Ward, a leading world expert on family business, offers the best practices of the most successful and long-lasting families in business. The book provides a framework for the creation of a successful business comprised of five insights and four basic principles for a strong foundation. Ward fills in this foundation with fifty lessons that he has learned from working with and studying family businesses that he believes will be crucial for success. These include: -Irrevocable retirement -Impersonal ownership -Voluntary accountability -Family education -Principle of merit -Family leadership succession -Inclusion of non-family executives -Synthesis of values -Spirit of enterprise -Family mission statement -Flexible dividend policies. Ward provides the reader with a reliable, tested blueprint for the development, management, and continuation of a suc-cessful family business. John L. Ward is founder of the Family Business Consulting Group International, and Professor and Director, Kellogg School Center of Family Enterprises, Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Business Finance 1-4039-3397-9 $29.95 $44.95 Canadian 61 /8 " x 91 /4 " / 256 pages Includes 3 bw illustrations Palgrave Macmillan JuneCustomer Reviews:
Clear, insightful, personal, terrific for business families.......2007-02-01
A must read.......2006-11-14
Perpetuating the Family Business.......2006-07-23
Enlightening Lessons for Home & Work, New or Old.......2005-02-03
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Operations Management Cases
William V. Gehrlein , and William Gehrlein Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0072918667 |
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William V. Gehrlein's Operations Management Cases provides a new collection of cases suited for introductory OM students. These OM cases have all been classroom tested with undergraduates and MBA's and are unique in providing plenty of teachable and tested analysis opportunities for students. Gehrlein's book provides cases on all OM topics, with plenty of emphasis on analytic topics such as forecasting, inventory and scheduling.Customer Reviews:
Case only.......2005-05-06
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Fast Track to Waste-Free Manufacturing: Straight Talk from a Plant Manager (Manufacturing and Production)
John W. Davis Manufacturer: Productivity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1563272121 |
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Fast Track to Waste-Free Manufacturing: Straight Talk from a Plant Manager : John W. Davis details a new and proven system called Waste-Free Manufacturing (WFM) that rapidly deploys the lean process. Manufacturing in the United States is currently undergoing a major transition, yet large numbers of manufacturers simply do not recognize what it is all about. Many still operate under out dated manufacturing practices and do not see that the enemy is not the competition, but rather their own system of production. Batch, or mass, manufacturing is still the preferred system of production for most U.S.-based industry. But to survive, let alone become globally competitive, companies will have to put aside their old mass manufacturing paradigms and completely change their entire production system.WFM will give you step-by-step directions to making rapid, lasting changes. Davis has created 4 new drivers of WFM and has linked them so you know what order to do them in and when it is time to move to the next driver. He covers nearly every aspect of the lean revolution and provides essential tools and techniques you will need to implement WFM. He also addresses the critical management issues that will arise in any plant that is striving to be world class.
Drawing from more than 30 years of manufacturing experience, John Davis gives you tools and techniques for eliminating anything that cannot be clearly established as value added. WFM is not a theory. It is a proven process, and one the author has successfully implemented. He shares with you from his own experiences in guiding manufacturers through this process. Davis fully details the journey of a factory that moved from mass to waste-free manufacturing in a matter of 24 months. This factory was nationally recognized by wall street analysts as an effective manufacturing model. You get to sit in on their meetings and learn from their triumphs and failures.
So hold on to your hat, because you are about to learn how to do what most in the field of world class manufacturing tell you isnt possibleto rapidly deploy WFM and change the system of production. Filled with checklists, an ongoing case study, and, most important, strategies that will work, Fast Track to Waste-Free Manufacturing: Straight Talk from a Plant Manager will provide you with the principles and methodology for WFM and a road map for its implementation. All you need is the will, the focus, and a sense of urgency about the future of U.S. manufacturing. If you are a plant manager, foreman, supervisor, or executive who wants to quickly transform your factory into a world class manufacturer, Mr. Davis WFM methodology is must reading.
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Not impressed.......2005-10-19
The Single Best Book on Lean Implementation.......2002-05-01
Superb! Excellently written!! Great learning tool !!.......1999-05-24
Excellent! Best In Class!!.......1999-04-28
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Lean Machines: Learning From the Leaders of the Next Industrial Revolution
Richard A. McCormack Manufacturer: Publishers & Producers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0972240705 |
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Lean Machines: Learning From The Leaders Of The Next Industrial Revolution provides readers with a unique compilation of interviews with some of the country's most respected executives who have deep intellectual and emotional experience in implementing lean.CEOs, vice presidents, consultants, Wall Street analysts and accountants provide readers with their perspectives on how to implement a lean business system. They are the architects of such successful implementations as Pratt & Whitney's Achieving Competitive Excellence program, the Danaher Business System, the Alcoa Production System and Freudenberg NOK's hugely successful six-step lean process.
Each of the 15 offers advice on how to overcome the barriers from the shop floor, to mid-level management, to the board room. They provide their personal experiences, insights and recommendations on the most important aspects of embedding lean systems within a corporate culture. All have successfully implemented a fundamentally different and often counter-intuitive system of running their business based on the lean principles of build to order, continuous improvement and the elimination of waste.
The interviews were conducted by Manufacturing News Editor & Publisher Richard McCormack and include the following individuals:
o George Koenigsaecker, Former CEO, HON Industries and Principal, Simpler Consulting;
o Michael Joyce, Corporate Vice President of Operating Excellence at Lockheed Martin;
o Robert Weiner, Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing, Exide Technologies;
o Mark DeLuzio, Architect, Danaher Business System & President of Lean Horizons;
o James Womack, President, Lean Enterprise Institute and author of Lean Thinking and The Machine That Changed The World;
o Dave Logozzo, Director of Manufacturing Operations, Delphi Corp.;
o Cliff Ransom, Director of Research, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC;
o Ken Kreafle, Vice President of Quality at Toyota, Georgetown, Ky.;
o Keith Turnbull, Executive Vice President, Alcoa Business System;
o Allen Haggerty, General Manager of Engineering, Boeing;
o Brian Maskell, President, BMA Inc., Lean Accounting;
o Art Byrne, President and CEO of Wiremold Co.;
o Major Gen. Dennis Haines, Warner Robins AFB;
o Joseph Day, CEO, Freudenberg-NOK; and
o Dan Yurovich, CEO, Barry Controls
o Lt. Col. Fred Hart, Commander, U.S. Army Red River Depot
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Very useful insights into lean manufacturing, on target!.......2002-10-19
Virtuosos of Lean Production.......2002-09-16
People who successfully implement lean manufacturing must be strong believers and must have a personal mental model of lean that functions at the level of a craft - a creative skill for assembling productivity methods and policies into powerfully efficient manufacturing machines. As the great Japanese coaches from Toyota teach Westerners, there is no cookbook, lean is a way of thinking.
The literature on lean production is disappointing. Lean manufacturing books tend to be long dreary laundry lists of productivity methods and technical techniques for quality. There is little available that gives insight into how the great master craftsmen and craftswomen put together marvelous lean machines of production - until now.
This book by Richard McCormack finally brings us face to face with the creative processes of great designers of production systems. Imagine yourself as a novice artist sitting down for a conversation with Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec or Michelangelo. That is what McCormack brings us in this book - chats with the virtuosos of lean production. Forget those paint-by-numbers books. Either go see the real thing or read "Lean Machines".
Virtuosos of Lean Production.......2002-09-15
People who successfully implement lean manufacturing must be strong believers and must have a personal mental model of lean that functions at the level of a craft - a creative skill for assembling productivity methods and policies into powerfully efficient manufacturing machines. As the great Japanese coaches from Toyota teach Westerners, there is no cookbook, lean is a way of thinking.
The literature on lean production is disappointing. Lean manufacturing books tend to be long dreary laundry lists of productivity methods and technical techniques for quality. There is little available that gives insight into how the great master craftsmen and craftswomen put together marvelous lean machines of production - until now.
This book by Richard McCormack finally brings us face to face with the creative processes of great designers of production systems. Imagine yourself as a novice artist sitting down for a conversation with Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec or Michelangelo. That is what McCormack brings us in this book - chats with the virtuosos of lean production. Forget those paint-by-numbers books. Either go see the real thing or read "Lean Machines".
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