Standard Work for the Shopfloor (The Shopfloor Series)

Standard work is an agreed upon set of work procedures that effectively combines people, materials, and machines to maintain quality, efficiency, safety, and predictability. Work is described precisely in terms of cycle time, work in process, sequence, time, layout, and the inventory needed to conduct the activity. Standard work begins as an improvement baseline and evolves into a reliable method. It establishes the best activities and sequence steps to maximize performance and minimize waste. 
In this book you will learn about: 
<li>The characteristics of standards</li> <li>Key benefits and applications of standardization</li> <li>Standard work concepts and calculations</li> <li>Standard work steps and documentation</li> <li>Using standard work manuals, charts, and worksheets</li> <li>Cell staffing (line balancing and full work)</li> Productivity's Shopfloor Series books offer a simple, cost-effective approach for building basic knowledge about key manufacturing improvement topics. Like all our Shopfloor Series books, Standard Work for the Shopfloor includes innovative instructional features that are the signature of the Shopfloor Series. The goal: to place powerful and proven improvement tools such as pull production techniques in the hands of your entire workforce.

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In a "pull" production system, the final process pulls needed parts from the previous process, which pulls from the process before it, and so on, as determined by customer demand. This allows you to operate without preset schedules and avoid unnecessary costs, wastes, and delays on the manufacturing floor.Pull Production for the Shopfloor introduces production teams and managers to basic pull production concepts, enabling them to begin understanding, planning, and implementing this lean tool. Use this book to get everyone on board to reduce work in process inventory, lead-time, and other profit-draining expenses. This book will enable plant managers to explain and thereby get support the support they need from higher management for their pull implementation efforts.In this book you will learn about:Key concepts and applications of pull productionThe five steps to implementing a pull production systemProduction levelingLine balancingManaging pull production with kanbanOne-piece flow productionLinking your suppliers to your pull production systemProductivity's Shopfloor Series books offer a simple, cost-effective approach for building basic knowledge about key manufacturing improvement topics. Like all our Shopfloor Series books, Pull Production for the Shopfloor includes innovative instructional features that are the signature of the Shopfloor Series. The goal: to place powerful and proven improvement tools such as pull production techniques in the hands of your entire workforce.Key learning features include:Well-organized, and easy-to-assimilate learningChapter overviews and summariesQuestions throughout each chapter to help you apply the learning to your own workplaceDrawings and illustrationsMargin icons that flag definitions, main points, and other highlights

Pull Production for the Shopfloor (The Shopfloor Series)

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Standard Work for the Shopfloor (The Shopfloor Series)

Pull Production for the Shopfloor (The Shopfloor Series)

Standard Work for the Shopfloor (The Shopfloor Series)