Internationally renowned lean experts John Allen, Charles Robinson, and David Stewart of Total Systems Development, Inc.(TSD) take readers on a comprehensive, 'street-level' journey through Lean implementation, from the seven wastes and flow processes to developing a business case, using lean tools, and applying readers' newfound knowledge at new and existing sites. This is not a warm fuzzy feeling book about the people side, nor is it a motivational "you can do it" book, it is a complete inventory of the elements needed for successful implementation in the real world. Specific chapters on mapping
the value stream, policydeployment, the five-phase implementation process, and problem-solving crystallize concepts with a pragmatic treatment. In addition, the brownfield implementation chapter is a must-read for anyone contemplating a lean changeover from traditional mass production. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2001, 495 pp, hardcover, $105 To order, call (800) 733-4763 (mention order code: BK01PUB7-4677) or click here: www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-item.pl?2907

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