Lean Systems: Applications and Case Studies in Manufacturing, Service, and Healthcare details the various Lean techniques and numerous real-world Lean projects drawn from a wide variety of manufacturing, healthcare, and service processes, demonstrating how to apply the Lean philosophy. The book facilitates Lean instruction by supplying interactive

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2013

eBook ISBN

9781466556812

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Business General

Index

Business

Front Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1: Instructional Strategies for Using This Book
Chapter 2: Lean Six Sigma Roadmap Overview
Value Stream Mapping
Chapter 4: Using 5S and Visual Management to Create a Clean and Manageable Work Environment
Chapter 5: Using Single-Minute Exchange of Dies and Total Productive Maintenance to Reduce Setup Time and Downtime
Chapter 6: Flow, Pull, and Kanban
Chapter 7: Mistake Proofing (aka Poka-Yoke): Preventing Defects by Monitoring Process Conditions and Correcting Errors at the Source
Chapter 8: Standard Work: Documenting the Interaction between People and Their Environment
Chapter 9: Systems Thinking and Theory of Constraints
Chapter 10: Hoshin Kanri
Chapter 11: Lean Restaurant
Chapter 12: Achieving Flow in a Rapid Prototyping Laboratory
Chapter 13: Implementing Lean Manufacturing Techniques to Achieve Six Sigma
Chapter 14: Pump Teardown Review Process Improvement
Chapter 15: Improving Women’s Healthcare Center Service Processes
Chapter 16: Application of Lean Tools in a Medical Device Company
Chapter 17: Motor Grader Assembly Line Modification
Chapter 18: Sunshine High School Discipline Process Improvement: A Lean Six Sigma Case Study
Chapter 19: Financial Services Improvement in a City Government: A Lean Six Sigma Case Study
Chapter 20: Application of Lean Tools in a Hospital Pharmacy
Chapter 21: Using Value Stream Mapping to Identify Performance Gaps for Hoshin Planning
Chapter 22: Planning and Executing a Kaizen Workshop
Chapter 23: Prioritizing the Lean Initiatives
Chapter 24: Emerging Technologies Influencing Lean
Chapter 25: Future and Challenges of Lean: Engagement and Success Factors
Glossary
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