Product Description
The 20 Keys system brings together twenty of the world's top manufacturing improvement approaches and integrates them into a system for revolutionizing your manufacturing organization. This revised edition of Kobayashi's best seller amplifies the synergistic power of raising the levels of all these critical areas simultaneously. Includes new material, updated layout, valuable case studies, and upgraded scoring criteria. Discover how you can leverage improvements to develop a less expensive, faster, safer system for producing a higher quality product. The techniques shared in this book will position your organization to adapt quickly to changing customer needs. Use it with your entire management team to start making company wide improvements now. This book amplifies the synergistic power of raising the levels of all these critical areas simultaneously. This edition presents upgraded criteria for the five-level scoring system in most of the 20 Keys, supporting your progress toward becoming not only best in your industry, but in the world. (Also available in Spanish - call for details)
From the Back Cover
20 Keys has helped many manufacturing companies integrate the top manufacturing improvement methods into a coordinated system for drastic and continual improvement in involvement, quality, and productivity. This program provides the strategies necessary to achieve ambitious goals through a five-level scoring system.
The revised edition is improved with upgraded criteria for the five-level scoring system to guide your company to world-class status. New material and updated layout make implementation even easier. Two valuable case studies demonstrate effective use by both a Japanese company and an American manufacturer.