Achieve effective information flow through the extended value stream to the end customer
New workbook helps managers make certain that everyone gets the information that they need when they need it
NEW YORK (June 4, 2008)... Dependable information flow is a necessary
prerequisite to the successful implementation of lean production principles. But
while most managers understand how to make materials and manpower flow, the flow
of information tends to be much more underdeveloped. Even companies that excel
at recognizing waste and are otherwise adept at implementing the principles of
lean production are often challenged to provide satisfactory information flow.
Lean Connections: Making Information Flow Efficiently and Effectively is
designed to help managers rethink the way their organization views information
flow. It provides the building blocks of a comprehensive information-flow
system, showing them calculations and methods that will allow them to get the
necessary information to those individuals who need it, when they need it.
Following a logical and detailed progression, this manual shows how to make
information flow in lean production facility-
-- From the end customer
through materials control to the production floor
-- On the production
floor at the operator, team, and value stream level
-- And then from the
production floor to the management of the facility
Employing a workbook format, this manual follows RNA Manufacturing, a
fictional company, through its implementation of a comprehensive lean production
system. As the authors outline RNA's methods and thought processes, they employ
exercises that ask questions about the reader's own production system. The
challenge is to think deeply about the answers, as well as the changes that need
to be made to effectively make information flow through your facility.
Lean Connections: Making Information Flow Efficiently and
Effectively --
- Explains the role of information flow in lean production
- Demonstrates successful information flow from both directions
- Details information flow across all participants on the production floor
- Illustrates human factors as well as the applications of technology
About the Authors
Rick Harris has coauthored two
Shingo Prize Award winning books Creating Continuous Flow, and Making
Materials Flow. He is President of Harris Lean Systems Incorporated (www.harrisleansystems.com), which
has practitioners in over 180 sites worldwide assisting 50 different companies
to become lean manufacturers. Rick received his lean training while serving as a
Manager in Assembly at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Georgetown,
Kentucky (TMMK). He was a member of the startup team at TMMK where he gained
extensive knowledge of the Toyota Production System. During his tenure at TMMK
Rick continued his Lean learning at the Toyota Tsutsumi Assembly Plant in Toyota
City, Japan. Prior to his Toyota experience, he spent 15 years with General
Motors. He is a frequent speaker at lean manufacturing conferences.
Chris Harris is a coauthor of the Shingo Award winning book, Making
Materials Flow and is the Vice President of Operations at Harris Lean
Systems. He began his Lean Manufacturing training as a team member on the
assembly line at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK). Chris continued his
lean training at Toyota Tsusho America in Georgetown, Kentucky. He has also
spent time in non-lean (traditional) manufacturing environments as a frontline
production supervisor and as a buyer in corporate purchasing. He has a Masters
of Business Administration from the Falls School of Business at Anderson
University. Chris also teaches workshops on various lean manufacturing topics at
facilities and events throughout the world.
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To request a review copy, contact Ralph Bernstein at 212-216-9864 or Ralph.bernstein@taylorandfrancis.com.
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