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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783445903321

Autore

Smith Ricky

Titolo

Lean maintenance [[electronic resource] ] : reduce costs, improve quality, and increase market share / / Ricky Smith and Bruce Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, c2004

ISBN

1-4175-3732-9

1-281-00984-9

9786611009847

0-08-047890-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Life cycle engineering series

Plant engineering

Altri autori (Persone)

HawkinsBruce

Disciplina

658.5

Soggetti

Production management

Manufacturing processes

Just-in-time systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; 1 Common Ground; 2 Goals and Objectives; 3 Total Productive Maintenance (TPM); 4 Pre-Planning for Lean Maintenance; 5 Launching the Master Plan (POA&M); 6 Mobilizing and Expanding the Lean Transformation; 7 Sustaining Lean- Long-Term Execution; Appendix A Checklists and Forms; Appendix B Documentation Examples; Appendix C Articles of Interest; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is ""Lean?"" Whether referring to manufacturing operations or maintenance, lean is about doing more with less: less effort, less space, fewer defects, less throughput time, lower volume requirements, less capital for a given level of output, etc. The need to provide the customer more value with less waste is a necessity for any firm wanting to stay in business, especially in today's increasingly global market place. And this is what lean thinking is all about.Lean Operations are difficult to sustain. More Lean Manufacturing Plant Transformations have been abandoned than have achie