Lean Manufacturing

Introduction Summary:
Lean manufacturing or thinking is exactly what the name sounds like it is about cut to the bone, fat-trimmed, streamlining operation and organizations. Authors Womack and Jones define lean thinking as a set or collection of efficiency tools that you can unleash in your business to save money, reduce cost and waste and deliver consistent and effective service that is affordable and pleasing to your customers. It is about vision and tools for reducing variability and cutting down on waste, being efficient and running a smooth and competitive, even profitable operation, well. The thinking was initially championed by pioneers like Toyota and it was eventually adopted by the Japanese automakers as the principle upon which they wanted to build, run and grow their businesses. Only a little later, did the Western world catch onto the value and potential of this approach to their respective organizations and operations.

Chapters
*What is Lean Manufacturing
*How can Lean Manifacturing help business processes, results and success
*Different types of wasteful practices or (MUDA)
*The Value Propositions Of Lean Manufacturing
*Benefits of Lean Manufacturing
*Lean Manufacturing Tools To Use In Your Business
*Steps In The Lean Manufacturing Process
*Lean Manufacturing Tools
*Rewards and Benefits For Business Using Lean Manufacturing
*Questions, Diagnostics and Assessments For Lean Manufacturing
*Lean Manufacturing Operational And Economic Benefits Or Metrics
*Golden Rule of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Deployment in Business
*Areas of Business where lean manufacturing can help
*key lean manufacturing principles
*Kaizen, CANDO and other Lean Manufacturing tools
*Contingencies and Steps to enable Lean Manufacturing deployment in your business
*Lean Manufacturing Toolkit overview