Manufacturing Leadership

In the wake of economic downturn, foreign competition, spiking oil prices, and even war, American business throughout this decade has been thrust into crisis. To improve their performance, corporations everywhere have adopted a wide range of tools and techniques, yet many continue to struggle. Going Lean points to a better way.

Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in order to make the process more efficient and prevent issues. In manufacturing, an andon is a system that tells managers, maintenance workers, and other employees about a problem with quality or the manufacturing process. But is this all that Andon being?Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in order to make the process more efficient and prevent issues. In manufacturing, an andon is a system that tells managers, maintenance workers, and other employees about a problem with quality or the ...

How do you build reliable operations without killing innovation? The biggest challenge in implementing Standard Work is finding the right balance: Between giving employees clear, repeatable standards — and giving them space to think, improve, and grow. In this practical guide, Dr. Mohamed H. Soliman shows you how Toyota achieves that balance. You'll learn: Why most companies misunderstand Standard Work How to write effective standards that empower, not restrict Who should be involved in creating standards How Standard Work supports quality, cost, and delivery performance How it forms the ...

Las organizaciones se enfrentan cada vez a más costos y una competencia cada vez mayor. Con Lean Seis Sigma puede combatir estos problemas y hacer crecer su negocio. Lean Seis Sigma es una metodología fascinante que está orientada a ayudarlo a aumentar la productividad de su organización y eliminar los desperdicios. La idea sintetiza dos conceptos diferentes, Lean Enterprise o Lean Manufacturing y Seis Sigma, para darle una excelente comprensión de cómo su empresa está malgastando dinero y recursos, y qué puede hacer para evitarlo.

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What if your machines could detect problems, stop themselves, and protect product quality — without constant supervision? That’s the power of Jidoka. In this concise, practical book, Dr. Mohamed H. Soliman explores how Jidoka, one of the two core pillars of the Toyota Production System, enables smarter operations by combining automation with human judgment. You’ll learn how Jidoka helps organizations: Build quality into every process Detect errors at the source and respond immediately Reduce waste and rework Free up operators to manage multiple machines (multiprocess handling) Create ...

Future-Proofing Manufacturing & the Supply Chain Post COVID-19 provides practical go-forward business concepts than can be applied to any manufacturer, distributor, logistics, or supply chain organization. It covers from soup to nuts, function by function including strategy, talent, product supply, operations, and much more on what a company should do to safely navigate, successfully emerge, and prepare to thrive near-term as well as following the pandemic.

Starting in the early 1900s, efficiency pioneer Henry Ford began working on a system for continuously improving the processes in his factories. The spiritual successor of this goal is known today as Six Sigma, and it can provide you and your company with a better way to measure quality than you have ever used before.