With decreasing profit margins, increasing cost pressures, growing regulatory compliance concerns, mounting pressure from generic drugs and increasing anxiety about the future of healthcare reimbursement, pharmaceutical manufacturers are now forced to re-examine and re-assess th…
Highlighting Wi-Fi as the new and powerful tool for lean practitioners, this text makes the definitive connection between Lean and wireless technologies, including-RFID, wireless sensor networks (WSNs), and real-time location systems (RTLSs).
"Going Lean introduces the concept of lean dynamics - a proven formula for business improvement that is as compelling as it is timely. Using powerful examples of corporations like Toyota, Wal-Mart, and Southwest Airlines, it shows how companies of all types can overcome the deva…
With examples drawn from aerospace, electronics, household appliance, personal products, and automotive industries, Lean Assembly covers the engineering of assembly operations through: Characterizing the demand in terms of volume by product and product family, component consumpt…
A discussion of Just In Time (JIT) or Kanban manufacturing processes.
"Toyota Culture examines the "human systems" that Toyota has put in place to instill its founding principles of trust, mutual prosperity, and excellence in its plants, dealerships, and offices around the world. Beginning with a look at the evolution of the Toyota culture and why…
Production engineering and management involve a series of planning and control activities in a production system. A production system can be as small as a shop with only one machine or as big as a global operation including many manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and re…
