Creating Continuous Flow

An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers and Production Associates

Mike Rother, Rick Harris

104 pages, parution le 31/03/2002

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Résumé

A sight we frequently encounter when touring plants is the relocation of processing steps from departments (process villages) to product-family cells, but too often these "cells" produce only intermittent and erratic flow. Output gyrates from hour to hour and small piles of inventory accumulate between each operation so that few of the benefits of cellularization are actually being realized; and, if the cell is located upstream from the pacemaker process, none of the benefits may ever reach the customer.

This sequel to Learning to See (which focused on plant level operations) provides simple step-by-step instructions for eliminating waste and creating continuous flow at the process level. This isn't a workbook you will read once then relegate to the bookshelf. It's an action guide for managers, engineers, and production associates that you will use to improve flow each and every day.

Creating Continuous Flow takes you to the next level in cellularization where you'll achieve even greater cost and lead time savings. You'll learn:

where to focus your continuous flow efforts
how to create much more efficient cells and lines
how to operate a pacemaker process so that a lean value stream is possible
how to sustain the gains, and keep improving

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Lean Enterprises Inst Inc (LEI)
Auteur(s)	Mike Rother, Rick Harris
Parution	31/03/2002
Nb. de pages	104
Couverture	Broché
Poids	567g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780966784336
ISBN13	978-0-9667843-3-6