Are you ready to implement a just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing program but need some help orientin...

In a 'pull' production system, the final process pulls needed parts from the previous process, wh...

Like all Shopfloor Series books, Identifying Waste on the Shopfloorpresents concepts and tools in...

Kanban is the name given to the inventory control card used in a pull system. The primary benefit...

The hard part of implementing a lean transformation, according to most experts, is dealing with t...

The philosophy of kaizen, which simply means continuous improvement, needs to adopted by any orga...

The Lean Office: Collected Practices and Cases is a compilation of articles previously published ...

Standard work is an agreed upon set of work procedures that effectively combines people, material...

Cellular Manufacturing: One-Piece Flow for Workteams introduces production teams to basic cellula...

The Zero Quality Control System (ZQC) is a mistake-proofing approach that prevents defects by mon...

'Kaizen teian' -- the Japanese-style proposal system for continuous improvement -- is the most di...

Addressing those who track and improve the effectiveness of equipment, this text defines basic co...