- 219 pages
- English
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About this book
This book is about an actual Lean transformation that took place in a 100-year-old North American manufacturer's factory. Lean Today, Rich Tomorrow: Succeeding in Today's Globalization Chaos tells the story of how an obsolete factory destined for closure was transformed into the most productive North American manufacturer in its field, but this shi
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Ten Years Later
- Chapter 2: Setting the Challenge
- Chapter 3: Rethinking the Factory’s Layout and Production Philosophy
- Chapter 4: Getting the Employees Involved
- Chapter 5: New Layout and Training
- Chapter 6: Reviewing the Salary, Structure, and Bonus System
- Chapter 7: Organizing the Work
- Chapter 8: Overcoming the Obstacles
- Chapter 9: Establishing a Gain-Sharing System to Stimulate Productivity
- Chapter 10: Carrying Out a First Assessment and Detecting Errors along the Way
- Chapter 11: Putting Kaizen into Practice in the Factory
- Chapter 12: Tour of a Chinese Supplier: A Wake-Up Call
- Chapter 13: End of an Era
- Chapter 14: Winning Conditions for a Successful JIT and Kaizen Implementation Project
- Chapter 15: Toyota’s Lean Production System, Kaizen, and Related Concepts
- Chapter 16: Tour of World-Class Japanese Factories
- Chapter 17: Myths and Realities of Japanese Industry Workers
- Chapter 18: Toyota’s Troubles
- Chapter 19: North American Production Returns to the Fold
- Appendix: Bonus Plans and Productivity Gain-Sharing Plans
- Glossary
- References
- Back Cover