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TWI Case Studies: Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork More Details

TWI Case Studies: Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork

TWI Case Studies: Standard Work, Continuous Improvement, and Teamwork provides the insight of leading experts to assist in the execution of Training Within Industry (TWI)—the game-changing business tool. Presented as a series of case studies from a range of corporations with a variety of products and needs, it illustrates the rebirth of TWI programs in the United States.

  • 136 pp
  • Paperback
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Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement More Details

Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement

A must-read for all managers, leaders, and change agents, Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement supplies a proven system for engagement that allows teams to use their own data, understand the need for performance improvement, and drive improvements at their own level. Highlighting common pitfalls in improvement initiatives, it provides the tools to help you avoid the disinterested cultural response to improvement efforts that is all too common in organizations suffering from initiative overload.

  • 188 pp
  • Paperback
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The Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results More Details

The Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results

For visionary leaders, an Organizational Master Plan and associated technologies have become essential components of strategic decision making. Written for leaders, planners, consultants, and change agents, The Organizational Master Plan Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Planning and Results explains how to merge the four planning activities that compose the Organizational Master Plan to manage, improve, and maximize organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

  • 275 pp
  • Hardcover
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The Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner's Guide to the Production Preparation Process More Details

The Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner's Guide to the Production Preparation Process

Written from an operations perspective, The Lean 3P Advantage: A Practitioner's Guide to the Production Preparation Process presents a systematic process for developing new products co-currently with new operations in a way that fosters individual innovation alongside the collaborative input of process stakeholders. The author explains how the process works and why it works, enabling first-timers to be successful right out of the gate. The text also challenges those experienced with 3P to consider Evergreen 3P, a process for applying 3P to small-scale design projects for similar benefits. It covers process evaluation criteria, selection of alternatives, and construction of prototypes.

  • 328 pp
  • Paperback
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New Horizons in Standardized Work: Techniques for Manufacturing and Business Process Improvement More Details

New Horizons in Standardized Work: Techniques for Manufacturing and Business Process Improvement

New Horizons in Standardized Work: Techniques for Manufacturing and Business Process Improvement is an all-inclusive guide to applying standardized work principles to virtually any business in any industry. It facilitates a fundamental understanding of standardized work principles and the logic behind their development, so readers can successfully extend and adapt them to their own work situation.

  • 179 pp
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The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence More Details

The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence

Explaining how to implement and sustain a top-down strategy for manufacturing excellence, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence provides a comprehensive, proven approach for delivering world-class performance while also cultivating the right culture through leadership and mentoring.

  • 266 pp
  • Hardcover
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The Organizational Alignment Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Acceleration More Details

The Organizational Alignment Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Acceleration

In the same way that a well-defined approach is needed to develop an effective strategic plan, an equally well-designed approach is needed to support the alignment of your organization's structure, management concepts, systems, processes, networks, knowledge nets, training, hiring, and reward systems. Examining top-down, bottom-up, and core planning and execution processes, The Organizational Alignment Handbook: A Catalyst for Performance Acceleration provides a systematic approach for establishing the infrastructure needed to support a successful transformation and make your strategic plan a reality.

  • 282 pp
  • Hardcover
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Toyota by Toyota: Reflections from the Inside Leaders on the Techniques That Revolutionized the Industry More Details

Toyota by Toyota: Reflections from the Inside Leaders on the Techniques That Revolutionized the Industry

Written by former Toyota associates, Toyota by Toyota: Reflections from the Inside Leaders on the Techniques That Revolutionized the Industry focuses on the purpose of Lean techniques, methodologies, and principles rather than the best way of applying tools. The contributors share their Toyota experiences and provide diverse points of view regarding the application of the principles discussed. Narrated by the author, who shares personal insights, each chapter describes a Lean technique, its benefits, its pitfalls, and supplies helpful tips on how to implement that technique.

  • 240 pp
  • Hardcover
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Equipment Management in the Post-Maintenance Era: A New Alternative to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) More Details

Equipment Management in the Post-Maintenance Era: A New Alternative to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Providing a fundamental understanding of equipment management, Equipment Management in the Post-Maintenance Era: A New Alternative to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) presents novel alternatives in equipment management beyond the mainstream principles of maintenance management. These new alternatives are pioneered by high-tech industries and are driven by the fast-changing environment. The text aims to initiate new thinking and approaches that will help organizations in high-tech industries manage their expansive equipment as well as prepare companies in traditional industries for the spreading of the microchip era in their equipment base.

  • 248 pp
  • Hardcover
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The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting More Details

The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting

Written by a prolific and well-known author, The Basics of Line Balancing and JIT Kitting provides a comprehensive introduction to operating systems design. Rather than introduce a single new course that teaches embedded programming, this book takes the approach of integrating more embedded processing into conventional courses. It allows students to learn concepts using a real operating system, Xinu. The text focuses the discussion of OS on microkernel operating system facilities used in embedded systems.

  • 80 pp
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Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma: Combining Methodologies for Enhanced Results More Details

Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma: Combining Methodologies for Enhanced Results

Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma: Combining Methodologies for Enhanced Results explores synergies between Lean Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma, and Value Engineering. It identifies opportunities where they can be used together to increase the likelihood of obtaining improvements beyond the capability of just one approach. Developed as business process improvement initiatives, with distinct origins and different methodological phases, each initiative presents a distinctive approach to problem solving. The authors provide a unique examination of these processes, with an analysis of possible synergies that can provide a competitive edge.

  • 204 pp
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The Seven Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI and Lean Training More Details

The Seven Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI and Lean Training

Bridging the kata/TWI nexus, The Seven Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI, and Lean Training details a roadmap for Lean success. It presents many of the disjointed Lean practices and explains why the mix of kata and TWI is a successful recipe for continuous improvement. After introducing kata, the authors reveal the many katas inherent in the three major TWI courses and the TWI Job Safety course. The text covers such Lean concepts as gemba walks, PDCA, reflection, proper coaching, grasping the situation, and digging deeply.

  • 168 pp
  • Paperback
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