"Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement takes A Deeper look at this high-potential science of success. Pitfalls and hidden opportunities are explained in simple terms that can help managers steer their companies' process improvement efforts toward sustained advanta…
Lean enterprise
by Humble, Jez, Molesky, Joanne, O'Reilly, Barry, (Business consultant)
fromLean series
How well does your organization respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging technologies when building software-based products? This practical guide presents Lean and Agile principles and patterns to help you move fast at scale--and demonstrates why and h…
Tritium is the neglected material in controlling the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It is used by all nuclear weapons states to increase the explosive yield of atomic bombs and at the same time to miniaturize them. However, this radioactive material has not yet been put under…
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.
The evolution of the Toyota production system
by Wada, Kazuo
fromStudies in economic history