2nd Edition

JIT Implementation Manual -- The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing Volume 2 -- Waste and the 5S's

By Hiroyuki Hirano Copyright 2010
216 Pages 106 B/W Illustrations
by Productivity Press

216 Pages
by Productivity Press

"It is a book for manufacturing companies that are fighting desperately for survival and that will go to any length to improve their factories and overcome the obstacles to success. One could even call this book a ‘bible’ for corporate survival ." —Hiroyuki Hirano   Known as the JIT bible in Japan, JIT Implementation Manual — The Complete Guide to Just-in-Time Manufacturing... Read more

"Wasteology": The Total Elimination of Waste
Why Does Waste Occur?
ypes of Waste
How to Discover Waste
How to Remove Waste
Secrets for Not Creating Waste

The "5S" Approach
What Are the 5S’s?
Red Tags and Signboards: Proper Arrangement and Orderliness Made Visible
The Red Tag Strategy for Visual Control
The Signboard Strategy: Visual Orderliness
Orderliness Applied to Jigs and Tools

Biography

JIT Management Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan