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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819791203321

Autore

Dudbridge Mike

Titolo

Handbook of lean manufacturing in the food industry / / Mike Dudbridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Ames, Iowa, USA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-40801-5

9786613408013

1-4443-9310-3

1-4443-9312-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

TEC012000

Disciplina

664.0068/5

Soggetti

Food industry and trade - Management

Food industry and trade - Waste minimization

Lean manufacturing

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

Handbook of Lean Manufacturing in the Food Industry; Contents; Introduction; The National Centre for Food Manufacturing; About the author; Acknowledgements; 1 The food industry; 2 First steps to Lean Manufacturing; 3 Teamwork and the development of solutions; 4 Starting to measure and quantify performance; 5 Applying workplace organisation in the food industry; 6 Improving flexibility and responsiveness; 7 Improving what we do; 8 Improving how we do things; 9 Planning the operation; 10 Start of shift meetings; 11 The seven wastes in the food industry; 12 How can we make machines work better?

13 How can we let people contribute more?14 How good are we?; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The principles of lean manufacturing - increasing efficiency, reducing waste, lowering costs and improving control - may be applied to any industry. However, the food industry is unique, and creates unique demands. The political, social and economic importance of food is unrivalled by any other form of produce, as is the scrutiny to which the



manufacture of food is subjected. For the food industry, lean manufacturing is not simply a cost-saving strategy, but is directly linked to issues of sustainability, the environment, ethics and public accountability. Handbook of Lean Manufacturing in