1st Edition
Beyond Lean Production Emphasizing Speed and Innovation to Beat the Competition
Introduction
Phase 1 Holding Actions
Introduction
Highlights of Key Items
Holding Action First
Tool 1: Continuous Flow Manufacturing
Tool 2: High-Velocity Working Capital
Tool 3: Process Utilization: Total Team Game Plan
Tool 4: Pull Systems
Push Your Production Forecast out the Door and Pull in Customer Satisfaction
Tool 5: Root Cause Analysis
Tool 6: Single-Minute Exchange of Dies
Tool 7: Strategic Business Units
An Old Idea Updated Makes Sense: Saves People, Space, and Overhead
Important Points
Conclusion
Tool 8: Zero-Based Process Mapping
Ten Steps to Process Mapping
Tool 9: Strategic Kanbans
Tool 10: Accelerated Return on Kaizen (ARK)
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
Summary
Tool 11: Supply Chain Management
Tool 12: Inventory Turns Control
A Items
B Items
C Items
Tool 13: Mall Theory
Summary for Phase 1: Holding Actions
Phase 2 The Business Command Center
Introduction to the Business Command Center
Bold Breakthrough that Will Make You Rethink Your Leadership
The Business Command Center
What Is a Business Command Center?
Implementing the Business Command Center
Key Points of the Circulatory Management Chart
Special Points
Circulatory Management
Business Command Center: Leadership
How Do You Organize Control of the Command Center?
Summary
What Are the Benefits of Having a Business Command Center?
Future Possibilities
Field Sales Organization
Distribution Centers
Closing Thoughts
Further Information and Homework
Advanced Value Stream Mapping
Accounting: The Dictators of Corporations or Forgotten Priests? What Should Its Role Be?
U.S. Product Engineering: Is It a Misdirected Missile as It Is Now Organized?
Industrial Engineering: The Forgotten Function?
Index
Biography
Roger G. Lewandowski
