Simplified Lean Manufacture : Elements, Rules, Toolls And Implementation

N. GOPALAKRISHNAN is President of Projects India, Bangalore, a company specializing in training and implementing lean manufacture globally. He has trained over 3000 personnel in lean manufacturing and has helped set up 32 plants using the principles of lean manufacture.

This compact and concise text, based on the rich and vast experience of the author gathered while training thousands of individuals, discusses what lean manufacture is and its elements, rules and tools. It shows how any manufacturing industry, irrespective of its size and the kind of products it manufactures, can adapt to lean manufacturing. The book explains in easy to understand language that, with the help of lean manufacture, an organization can improve its delivery time to the customers, reduce the cost of manufacture, minimize inventory, and raise profitability.

The book introduces the concept of value and waste and details the symptoms which indicate the necessity for an organization to adapt to lean manufacturing. It also shows how seven types of wastes are identified globally and how they can be eliminated. In addition, the book examines the primary tools and the secondary tools of lean manufacture.

ISBN: 9788120339439
Published by: PHI Learning