REMOVING THE BARRIERS TO EFFICIENT MANUFACTURING real-world applications of lean productivity

W. Edwards Deming’s central premise was that improvements in product quality would increase productivity, improve competitive position, and help ensure long-term survival. Point 12 of his landmark 14 Points for Management says that management’s job is to remove the barriers that keep people from tak...

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Autor principal: FERGUSON, DANIEL L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] CRC Press 2017.
Edición:1st edition
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Deming got it right
  • Removing barriers in the workplace
  • Removing the equipment reliability barrier with effective maintenance
  • Removing the process variability barrier with automatic control systems
  • Removing the product variability barrier with statistical process controls
  • Removing the raw material quality barrier
  • SMED : single minute exchange of die
  • The process control manual
  • Training and retraining
  • Selected topics on working with people
  • Some pointers on working with unions
  • Organizing for success
  • Putting it all together with action plans
  • A case study
  • Appendix 1 : the red bead experiment
  • Appendix 2 : introduction to statistical process control techniques.