1st Edition
Lean Assembly The Nuts and Bolts of Making Assembly Operations Flow
PART A: Analysis Techniques
Chapter 1: Key issues of assembly operations
Chapter 2: Product quantity analysis
Chapter 3: Trend and seasonality analysis
Chapter 4: Takt time and capacity
PART B: Assembly Concepts
Chapter 5: Visualizing the assembly process
Chapter 6: The concept of the assembly line
Chapter 7: Collecting assembly time data
Chapter 8: Line balancing
PART C: Detailed Design
Chapter 9: Assembly station sizing
Chapter 10: Detailed design of assembly stations
Chapter 11: Part presentation
Chapter 12: Conveyance between stations
Chapter 13: Assembly cells
Chapter 14: Overall shape of assembly lines
PART D: Assembly Quality
Chapter 15: Preventing picking errors
Chapter 16: Inspection, test, and rework operations
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Michel Baudin (MMTI, Palo Alto, California, USA) (Author)
"Designing and implementing lean production systems presents a never-ending host of curious puzzles. Experienced practitioners as well as novices will find Michel Baudin's Lean Assembly full of creative solutions."
Tom Berghan, Lean Specialist, Korry Electronics 06/01/04"Lean Assembly will be a vital resource to those at the forefront of Lean implementation. It shows the reader how to properly analyze and design assembly systems, while working out all the details such as incorporating mistake-proofing concepts. Lean Assembly will find itself on the desk of the Lean Implementer rather than on a bookshelf collecting dust."
Dale Bayley, Lean Champion, Racor Division, Parker Hannifin 06/01/04
