- Hardcover: 246 pages
- Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineers; 1 edition (15 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0872635201
- ISBN-13: 978-0872635203
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,179,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Biggest selling SME book in years! Whether your organization employs 100 or 10, this book give you the sound principles to plan, streamline, and objectively evaluate your enterprise without hiring expensive consultants. It thoroughly explains the lean philosophy with easy-to-digest examples and stories, giving you and your associates the know-how to quickly implement the approach everyone is talking about. Also, includes a special hands-on CD-ROM, containing useful training tools, examples and samples. Contents: The Lean Enterprise Vehicle; Introduction to a Small Manufacturing Company; Value Stream MappingSM; Lead Time and Activity; Optimum Lot Size; Ten Rules for Just-in-Time; Managing Change; Quality System Management: Tools for the Team; High Involvement Training; Team Structuring for the 21st Century; The Roadmap to Lean.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)
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Reveiw by Don Dewar, 6 Feb 2001
By Donald L. Dewar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop (Hardcover)
I have reviewed hundreds of technical books over the years for our magazine. Each gets a letter "grade" of either A, B, C, D, or F. Very few ever get an "A"but Gary Conner's book does and it is well deserved. It is entertaining, believable and loaded with graphics -- an easy, enjoyable and educational read.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Now, small manufacturers can reap the profits of Lean, 6 Feb 2001
By Verda Hinkle - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop (Hardcover)
For decades, large manufacturing operations have benefited from Lean Manufacturing principles. Many small, job-shop-type manufacturers try and fail to implement the Lean approach because Lean Manufacturing principles were developed for the large manufacturing environment. Gary Conner has successfully adapted Lean principles to fit the job shop environment and presents them in an enjoyable story that allows the reader to witness the power of Lean. He makes Lean Manufacturing principles understandable, clearly demonstrating how job shops can implement them successfully. I highly recommend this book to small shops wishing to reap the profits of Lean.
Verda O. Hinkle, Manufacturing Consultant Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership
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Another DISTRACTION in the Pursuit of Understanding LEAN, 28 April 2005
By Ask Doctor Lean - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop (Hardcover)
I am astonished that this publication would be recognized by the Shingo Prize Committee. I was originally optimistic about the contents based on the title. FOOLED AGAIN! The book is simply a collection of QUALITY based analysis and improvement tools, a few "war stories" and a very general discussion of LEAN tools and systems. I have been a Lean Practitioner for over twenty years and have had the privilege of learning from some of the original teachers of Lean in the United States. "Lean for the Small Shop" is another of the flurry of textbooks recently published that offer very little in the way of useful information about how to successfully design and build a lean production system. Small shops really do need a simple and useful guide for understanding and implementing a lean system. "Lean for the Small Shop" is NOT that guide. If you are the "Lean Champion" in your company, read "Lean Production Simplified" by Pascal Dennis (the BEST introductory text that exists today). Do look at some of the series by Shigeo Shingo or Taiichi Ohno for your first "baby steps". Beyond that, find a real lean "sensei".
Beyond that, find a real lean "sensei". AVOID using a consultant just because he is near your location. There are still only a handful (literally) of Lean practitioners who really kow what they are doing here in America. Also don't be fooled by those universities who have put their otherwise good name on a group of people (Lean charlatans) who really can offer you nothing of value except a great looking "certificate".
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