BOOK MADE-TO-ORDER LEAN: EXCELLING IN A HIGH-MIX, LOW-VOLUME ENVIRONMENT

Made-to-Order Lean: Excelling in a High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment

by Greg Lane

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Greg Lane posits that the methods and tools of the Toyota Production System and other lean principles, which have rendered remarkable results in high-volume manufacturing plants, have not been fully understood and correctly applied in high-mix, low-volume environments. Instead, practical adaptations and alternate methods must be embraced in a low-volume environment.

Made-to-Order Lean is specifically aimed at manufacturers that have hundreds to thousands of active part numbers, with few (or none) of these parts having ongoing forecasted volumes, and job shops that build only to order. The primary focus is eliminating non-value added activities and instituting improvements on the most repetitive jobs - this strategy gives you more time to produce your low-volume work or one-offs.

This workbook: Is based on Toyota methodology and explains critical adaptations to high-mix, low-volume manufacturing. Is fully illustrated with charts and pictures from successful applications in low-volume environments. Talks to the reader in a simple, logical fashion that clearly advocates the need to change and the benefits of the lean transformation.

This book is written for plant managers, manufacturing managers, and lean practitioners who find difficulty in applying lean principles in their low-volume plants.

"Finally, here is a practical guide to simply introduce the Toyota Production System (TPS) in job shop environments...If you own, manage, or work in a job shop and will simply give a try to the ideas, tools and principles described in this book, I predict you will find great success and will refer to this book over and over for years."

--From the Foreword by John Shook, The TWI Network, Ann Arbor, July 2007