1st Edition

Equalized & Synchronized Production The High-Mix Manufacturing System that Moves Beyond JIT

By Toshiki Naruse Copyright 2003
320 Pages
by Productivity Press

320 Pages
by Productivity Press

Beyond JIT - Lean Improvement for Supplier Companies! ESP is a production management and manufacturing improvement system targeted for supplier companies or any companies that deal with a variety of products as well as multiple customers. ESP enables suppliers to meet the requirements of their buyers' Just-In-Time (JIT) ordering systems through wide-variety, small-lot production, while also... Read more

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: A Birth of a New Production System -- A Case Study
Chapter 2: Why Suppliers Need the ESP Production System
Chapter 3: Basic Steps in Implementing the ESP Production System
Chapter 4: ESP Building Steps and Techniques
Chapter 5: ESP Result Indicators
Chapter 6: Case Study 1: Miyagi Shimadaya Co., Ltd.
Chapter 7: Case Study 2: Izumi Industries and Okegawa Plant
Chapter 8: Case Study 3: Tokyo, Chuzosho, Gunma Plant
Chapter 9: Case Study 4: Plant A at Company N
Glossary
Index

Biography

Toshiki Naruse