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Books : Creating Continuous Flow: An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers & Production Associates In association with Amazon.com by: Mike Rother, Rick Harris Price: $50.00 Prices subject to change. Third Party New Price: $50.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Spiral-bound Dewey Decimal Number: 658 EAN: 9780966784336 ISBN: 0966784332 Label: Lean Enterprise Institute Manufacturer: Lean Enterprise Institute Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 105 Publication Date: December 01, 2001 Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute Studio: Lean Enterprise Institute Sales Rank: 186273 Related Items: Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA Making Materials Flow: A Lean Material-Handling Guide for Operations, Production-Control, and Engineering Professionals Creating Level Pull: A Lean Production-System Improvement Guide for Production-Control, Operations, and Engineering Professionals (Lean Tool Kit) Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream (Lean Enterprise Institute) Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize! Creating Continuous Flow narrows the focus of Learning to See from the door-to-door value stream perspective to achieving true continuous flow at your critical pacemaker processes. This new workbook explains in simple, step-by-step terms how to introduce and sustain lean flows of material and information in pacemaker cells and lines, a prerequisite for achieving a lean value stream. Creating Continuous Flow takes you to the next level in cellularization where you'll achieve even greater cost and lead time savings. You'll Learn: Where to focus your continuous flow efforts How to create much more efficient cells and lines How to operate a pacemaker process so that a lean value stream is possible How to sustain the gains and keep improving Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Top 10 Lean Books After reading approximately 30 "Lean" books, I reached a point where I was finding only a few new ideas from each book -- and I felt I knew as much or more than the author on some covered topics as well. But every once in a while, I read something that pushes me down to a "student" level, opening my eyes wider than before, and realizing how much of a lean journey lies ahead of me... that is what "Creating Continuous Flow" did to me. This book confirmed my understanding of key concepts such as takt ... Read More Rating: - A Great Book! This book is even better than Learning to See. There is much more detail about how to implement in-cell improvements. You are not doing LEAN until you start doing what this book teaches. I was able to start applying the principles immediately. This book shows you a practical, detailed, direct approach that is easier to understand and apply than the more theoretical LEAN Thinking and Machine that Changed the World. Rating: - A weak attempt to explain flow I bought this book after having spent a couple of years learning lean at a company that does it pretty well. I didn't feel as if true flow was being implemented, and was hoping to find some knowledge that only highly experienced consultants could give from years spent at multiple sites. This book disppointed me greatly in my expectations. The way the authors deal with flow is on the surface at best. They talk of taking timings, but don't give details on how to do it well (like leave the stopwatch ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - Management Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - Quality Control Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - General Business & Investing - Subjects - Books - General AAS Subjects - Books - General

Books : Creating Continuous Flow: An Action Guide for Managers, Engineers & Production Associates

Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize!