Capitalizing on lean production systems to win new business : creating a lean and profitable new product portfolio / Chris Harris, Rick Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Chris, 1976- author.

Harris, Rick, 1953 August 2- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Production planning.

Materials management.

Lean manufacturing.

New products.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although there are many organizations that have implemented Lean production systems and become more profitable as a result, there can be a gap between what those organizations currently do and how they should plan for and profit from new business. Capitalizing on Lean Production Systems to Win New Business: Creating a Lean and Profitable New Product Portfolio explains how to create a Lean product portfolio to fill that gap so you can become more profitable from that new business.Providing a fundamental understanding of the Lean enterprise production system, this book can help an organization take its current Lean knowledge and translate that knowledge into a step-by-step methodology to win and launch new business.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Why You Need This Book; About the Authors; Chapter 1: The Value Stream Map; Chapter 2: The Plan for Every Part; Chapter 3: Process Design and Standard Work; Chapter 4: Scheduling and Material Flow; Chapter 5: Planning for Machine Capacity; Chapter 6: Quality and Continuous Improvement; Chapter 7: Training Production Associates to Produce the Final Product; Chapter 8: The Time Frame; Chapter 9: Your Suppliers and Other Considerations; Chapter 10: New Product Acquisition and Launch Portfolio; Back Cover

Notes:

"A Productivity Press Book."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781040081464

1040081460

9780429254680

0429254687

9781138438255

1138438251

9781466586345

1466586346

OCLC:

908078150