Simply Lean

"Simple solutions for complex problems"

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   Lean Thinking

The authors begin by summarizing the five inherent principles in any lean system:

1. Correctly specify value so you are providing what the customer actually wants
2. Identify the value stream for each product family and remove the wasted steps that don't create value but do create muda (waste)
3. Make the remaining value-creating steps flow continuously to drastically shorten throughput times
4. Allow the customer to pull value from your rapid-response value streams as needed (rather than pushing products toward the customer on the basis of forecasts)
5. Never relax until you reach perfection, which is the delivery of pure value instantaneously with zero muda. (The first part of Lean Thinking devotes a chapter to each of these principles.)

  The Toyota Way

Winner of 2005 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH

In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. The Toyota Way is the first book for a general audience that explains the management principles and business philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability.
 

   Kanban For The Shop Floor

Written at a basic knowledge level for a wide audience, Kanban for the Shopfloor gives your shopfloor workers the information they need to understand, plan, and implement kanban.

   5S For Operators

The 5 Pillars of the Visual Workshop - 5S is the starting point of any on-the-floor improvement activity and the key to successful change. It's about how to create a workplace that is clearly organised, free from clutter, arranged so you can find things, and sparkling clean. This book will teach your Team Members the basics of 5S: Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain. Filled with illustrations, page headers, chapter summaries, and application questions, there's no reason why learning can't be fun!

  Toast Kaizen Video

This 27 minute video highlights the 7 deadly wastes found in both administrative office and manufacturing processes. In this training tool the process of making toast is used to represent the before condition and the target condition of a manufacturing or transaction based process and helps your people to identify with the process of Kaizen or small and continuous improvements.