Lean Production for Competitive Advantage: A Comprehensive Guide to Lean Methodologies and Management Practices

Race without a finish line -- Fundamentals of continuous improvement -- Value added and waste elimination -- Customer-focused quality -- Small lot production -- Set-up time reduction -- Maintaining and improving equipment -- Pull production systems -- Focused factories and group technology -- Workcells and cellular manufacturing -- Standard operations -- Quality at the source and mistake-proofing -- Uniform flow and mixed-model scheduling -- Synchronizing and balancing the process -- Planning and control in pull production -- Lean production in the supply chain.