With examples drawn from aerospace, electronics, household appliance, personal products, and automotive industries, Lean Assembly covers the engineering of assembly operations through:
Characterizing the demand in terms of volume by product and product family, component consumption, seasonal variability and life cycle.
Matching the physical structure of the shop floor to the demand with the goal of approaching takt-driven production as closely as possible.
Working out the details of assembly tasks station by station, including station sizing, tooling, fixturing,...
With examples drawn from aerospace, electronics, household appliance, personal products, and automotive industries, Lean Assembly covers the en...
Are your warehouses full while production is stopped by shortages?
Do your customers complain that your lead times are too long and deliveries too late?
Lean Logistics: The Nuts and Bolts of Delivering Materials and Goods by Michel Baudin helps you determine whether you have the right supply to meet your customers demands, as well as the ability to organize and deliver that supply. In this cutting edge work, Baudin addresses the physical infrastructure of lean logistics and the flow of information that composes its nervous system. He demonstrates the...
Are your warehouses full while production is stopped by shortages?
Do your customers complain that your lead times are too lon...
How do companies in high labor cost countries manage to remain competitive?
In western manufacturing, the more manual a process, the more severe the competitive handicap of high wages. Full automation would make labor costs irrelevant but remain impractical in most industries. Most successful manufacturing processes in advanced economies are neither fully manual nor fully automatic -- they involve interactions between small numbers of highly skilled people and machines that account for the bulk of the manufacturing costs and thereby remain competitive.
In Working with...
How do companies in high labor cost countries manage to remain competitive?
In western manufacturing, the more manual a process, the more severe th...
The lean label has become a mark of effectiveness and efficiency in operations, not only in manufacturing but in services as well. As the practice of lean spreads, managers around the world are realizing how central it is to corporate strategy. Baudin has previously written handbooks for assembly, logistics, and working with machines. In Lean for CEOs, he draws on 20 years of consulting experience to provide the same level of practical guidance to executives who are driving growth and profitability. Using numerous examples from a variety of industries, Baudin describes the actions...
The lean label has become a mark of effectiveness and efficiency in operations, not only in manufacturing but in services as well. As the practice of ...
