Mr. lean buys and transforms a manufacturing company : the true story of profitably growing an organization with lean principles / / by Greg Lane

• Autore: Lane Greg
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, FL : , : Productivity Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2009
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.5/6
• Soggetto topico: Semiconductor production equipment industry - Management; Semiconductor production equipment industry - Cost effectiveness; Production control - Cost effectiveness; Organizational effectiveness
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Prologue: The Purchase; Chapter 1. The Beginning Observation and Documentation; Chapter 2. Standardizing the Estimating Process; Chapter 3. Learning the Office Processes; Chapter 4. The First Days Alone; Chapter 5. Creating and Selling Capacity; Chapter 6. Getting Everyone Motivated for Improving the Machine's Output; Chapter 7. Seeing the Administrative Processes from a New Angle; Chapter 8. Moving the Business; Chapter 9. Accurate Pricing through Better Cost Allocations; Chapter 10. Up-Front Delays; Chapter 11. Making Money during the Good Times ; Chapter 12. Expanding into New ProductsChapter 13. Business for Sale; Chapter 14. Reflections; Appendix A: OSKKK Methodology; Appendix B: Documentation Techniques; Appendix C: My First Attempt at Standardizing the Quoting Process; Appendix D: Example of the First Day-by-hour Board for the Bottleneck Machine; Appendix E: Real-time Pareto Chart; Appendix F: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for Bottlenecks; Appendix G: Typical Team Leader Responsibilities; Appendix H: Cross-Training or Skills Matrix; Appendix I: New Layout with Some CNCs Set Up as an ""L"" Cell ; Appendix J: Initial ABC Costing Matrix for Shop and OfficeAppendix K: Initial Equipment and Area Layout for Expansion into Sheet Metal; Appendix L: Sequence Utilized for Learning the Business and for Implementing Lean; Appendix M: Different Applications of Value Stream Mapping and Process Mapping; Index; About the Author; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the true story of how, armed with only Lean improvement methodologies, a specially trained Toyota Lean expert purchased a business he knew nothing about, applied Lean techniques, and succeeded in doubling sales and increasing profitability, before he finally sold the thriving business.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mr. lean buys and transforms a manufacturing company
• ISBN: 0-429-24500-9; 1-4398-1517-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788188703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II