Liquid lean

Liquid lean: developing lean culture in the process industries

by Floyd, Raymond C.

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While Lean practices have been successfully implemented into the process industry with excellent results for over 20 years (including the author's own award winning example at Exxon Chemical), that industry has been especially slow in adopting Lean. Part of the problem is that the process industry needs its own version of Lean. The larger part of the problem is resistance to transformational change, a barrier that can only be overcome with effective leadership and results-oriented planning that…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Liquid lean : developing lean culture in the process industries / Raymond C. Floyd.

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While Lean practices have been successfully implemented into the process industry with excellent results for over 20 years (including the author's own award winning example at Exxon Chemical), that industry has been especially slow in adopting Lean. Part of the problem is that the process industry needs its own version of Lean. The larger part of the problem is resistance to transformational change, a barrier that can only be overcome with effective leadership and results-oriented planning that engages rather than excludes all stakeholders.Winner of a 2012 Shi.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2010

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Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1439852103, 9781439852101, 1282504029, 9781282504028, 9786612504020, 6612504021, 1420088637, 9781420088632
  • oclc:on1317438543
  • LC Classification:HD9720.5
  • Dewey Decimal:670.68

Table of Contents

Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Business Results in Process Industries; Chapter 2. Lean Enterprise Thinking; Chapter 3. Policy Deployment; Chapter 4. Improving Flexibility and Availability in Mechanical Equipment; Chapter 5. Operational Planning to Improve Chemical Transitions; Chapter 6. Assessment and Improvement of Other Accumulations; Chapter 7. Statistical Quality Improvement; Chapter 8. Mistake Proofing or Poka-Yoke; Chapter 9. Equipment Reliability and Operator Care; Chapter 10. Lean Leadership and Ethics: Creating an Engaged Workforce

Chapter 11. People DevelopmentChapter 12. Leadership: Initiating and Sustaining Lean Operations; Back cover

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Subjects

Chemical industry -- Management Manufacturing industries -- Management Production management -- Quality control

Writers

Floyd, Raymond C.

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