Author: Dan McDonnell, Drew A. Locher ISBN: 1439886121 / 9781439886120 Year: 2013 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
A guide for Production Preparation Process (3P) execution, this book presents a step-by-step methodology for successful implementation of even the most aggressive corporate change programs. The auth...
Author: Adedeji B Badiru, Tina Agustiady ISBN: 1466514248 / 9781466514249 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
The book presents the application of Six Sigma methodology as a viable path for achieving the goals of sustainability. Sustainability is a tool that helps companies gain true benefits off of their i...
Author: Ronald Blank ISBN: 1466510730 / 9781466510739 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
Written in language that is easy to understand and applicable across all types of industries, this book describes different ways that companies interfere with their own productivity. It explains how...
Author: Mike Elbert ISBN: 1439877793 / 9781439877791 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
A hands-on guide to adapting Lean principles and the Toyota Production System to high-mix/low-volume environments, Lean Production for the Small Company uses charts, pictures, and easy-to-understand...
Author: V.K. Jain ISBN: 1439852901 / 9781439852903 Year: 2013 Availability: Out of Stock
In addition to covering all processes in a single source, Micromanufacturing Processes also deals with various aspects of micromanufacturing. This book presents the principles, basic micro tools, an...
Author: Arthur S. Cookfair, Brendan S. Lillis, Thomas T. Gordon, Vincent G. LoTempio ISBN: 1466509449 / 9781466509443 Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
Ideal for anyone without prior legal knowledge who needs to understand the patent system, this book enables nonspecialists to make well-informed decisions affecting new and patentable products. The ...
Author: Maura Way, Samuel Carlson ISBN: 1439837430 / 9781439837436 Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
Mistake-proofing is an improvement technology that uses a device or procedure, also called a poka-yoke, to prevent defects or errors during a process. Mistake-proofing in healthcare can improve the ...
Author: Thomas L. Jackson ISBN: 1466551844 / 9781466551848 Year: 2013 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Hospitals are designed around specialized functions or departments, each with their own management, employees, and budget. The problems and waste occur when these departments interact or handoff pat...
Author: Nancy M. Settle-Murphy ISBN: 1466557869 / 9781466557864 Year: 2013 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
A virtual team is a group of individuals who work across time, space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. At best, virtual teams allow companies...
Author: Kazuo Inamori ISBN: 146650949X / 9781466509498 Year: 2013 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Especially effective in dynamic and highly competitive environments, the Amoeba Management System has received attention from the Harvard Business Review and has already been successfully adopted at...
Author: Janet Bautista Smith ISBN: 0873898400 / 9780873898409 Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
This publication introduces a portable audit model to facilitate a simple, flexible, and effective audit of single or multiple quality system standards and achieve both compliance and initiation of ...
Author: Howard Williams, Rebecca Duray ISBN: 1439876029 / 9781439876022 Year: 2013 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Focusing on the application of Lean practices to IT, this book presents tools and techniques for IT operations and IT service management. The author provides a context for discussing several areas o...
Author: Steven Bell ISBN: 1466504498 / 9781466504493 Year: 2012 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
This book unifies the various IT sub-communities and disciplines, providing a collaborative value stream management approach that harnesses the principles and practices of Lean to deliver consistent...
Author: Andrew Thu Pham, David Khoi Pham ISBN: 1466557486 / 9781466557482 Year: 2012 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
This book explains how to successfully deploy Agile and Kanban on a large scale in order to increase IT delivery capabilities. It factors in change, communication, a sense of urgency, clear and meas...
Author: Daniel Markovitz ISBN: 0367480115 / 9780367480110 Year: 2020 Availability: In Stock
Most business readers have heard of the Lean principles developed for factories - a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errors - pr...
Author: Michael K. Levine ISBN: 1439879753 / 9781439879757 Year: 2011 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
There are many books that seek to explain Lean and Agile software that offer theory, techniques, and examples. Michael Levine’s first book, A Tale of Two Systems, is one of the best, synthesiz...
Author: Jon M. Quigley, Kim H. Pries ISBN: 143988725X / 9781439887257 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
This book reviews the multiple techniques and areas for improving the cost of products, processes, and services. It presents multiple approaches that can help readers select the best solution for th...
Author: James G. Bralla ISBN: 007007139X / 9780070071391 Year: 1999 Availability: Out of Stock
From raw materials ... to machining and casting ... to assembly and finishing, the Second Edition of this classic guide will introduce you to the principles and procedures of Design for Manufacturab...
Author: Barry L. Cross ISBN: 1466515252 / 9781466515253 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
Do these comments sound familiar?
We would love to be more innovative, but we don’t have the resources
Innovation works in some companies; we just aren’t that creative
We ge...
Author: John R. Henry ISBN: 146650174X / 9781466501744 Year: 2013 Availability: In Stock
Taking a holistic approach, this book examines changeover/SMED (single minute exchange of die), the conversion of a manufacturing process/machine from running the current product to running the next...
Author: Andreas Gebhardt ISBN: 156990507X / 9781569905074 Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the term used for layer-oriented or generative manufacturing, which was introduced at the end of the 1980s as Rapid Prototyping. Within the last 20 years it has develo...
Author: Richard (Doc) Palmer ISBN: 1260135284 / 9781260135282 Year: 2019 Availability: In Stock
The industry-standard resource for maintenance planning and scheduling—thoroughly revised for the latest advances
Written by a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) with...
Author: SME ISBN: DV11PUB2 Year: 2011 Availability: 45-60 days
Do You Really Need A Dozen Eggs to Bake A Cake?
As customers, we have come to expect perfection in quality and delivery and we don't expect to pay extra for it. But something mysteriously occurs ...
Author: SME ISBN: DV11PUB5 Year: 2011 Availability: 45-60 days
An easy-to-understand introduction to Six Sigma for non-statisticians.
A lot of people shy away from learning and using Six Sigma as part of their Continuous Improvement efforts because they thin...
Author: SME ISBN: DV10PUB4 Year: 2010 Availability: 45-60 days
This sampler DVD contains over a half-hour of combined content assembled from the eight Composites Manufacturing video series DVDs.
These eight programs include:
Composite Materials
Manu...
