Simplified lean manufacture : elements, rules, tools and implementation / N. Gopalakrishnan

By: Gopalakrishnan, N
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New Delhi : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2010Description: 248 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9788120339439 (pbk.)Subject(s): Management. Total quality management. ManufactureDDC classification: 658.562 GOP
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It shows how any manufacturing industry, irrespective of its size and the kind of products it manufactures, can adapt to lean manufacturing. The book explains in easy to understand language that, with the help of lean manufacture, an organization can improve its delivery time to the customers, reduce the cost of manufacture, minimize inventory, and raise profitability. The book introduces the concept of value and waste and details the symptoms which indicate the necessity for an organization to adapt to lean manufacturing. It also shows how seven types of wastes are identified globally and how they can be eliminated. In addition, the book examines the primary tools and the secondary tools of lean manufacture.
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It shows how any manufacturing industry, irrespective of its size and the kind of products it manufactures, can adapt to lean manufacturing. The book explains in easy to understand language that, with the help of lean manufacture, an organization can improve its delivery time to the customers, reduce the cost of manufacture, minimize inventory, and raise profitability. The book introduces the concept of value and waste and details the symptoms which indicate the necessity for an organization to adapt to lean manufacturing. It also shows how seven types of wastes are identified globally and how they can be eliminated. In addition, the book examines the primary tools and the secondary tools of lean manufacture.

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