Avi Soni

The portal to lean production : principles and practices for doing more with less

Portal to Lean Production Race with a Moving Finish Line Awakening to Lean Production The Portal The Organization of the Book THE JOURNEY, FIRST STEPS Beginnings Toyota Production System Quick History of TPS TPS and the Portal to Lean Production First Glimpse of a Manufacturing Cell The Indiana Plant Cellular Manufacturing Throughput and Quality Gaining Experience, Broadening the Concept Trap Cell Scheduling for Uniform Load Cell Design Applying the Cell Concept Plantwide The Revelation Linked Workcells and Subcells Implementation BUILDING UP STEAM Kanban Inventory Mess Adopting Pull Production Pull-Production Concepts Number of Kanbans Signal and Control: Methods and Issues Total Productive Maintenance Breakdown in the Trap Cell Concepts of Maintenance Management Preventive Maintenance Total Productive Maintenance Quick Changeover A Tale of Two Plants Setup Reduction Concepts and Techniques SMED Procedure Techniques for Setup Reduction Checklist Attachments and Fasteners Eliminate Adjustments Storage Carts Setup-Reduction Projects Component of a Larger System Standard Work Strange-Looking Charts Concept of Standard Work What Is Standard Work? Critical Role in Kaizen Focused Factories Early Focused-Factory Experience Focused-Factory Team Leaders A Little Knowledge Can Be... Clash of the Old and the New Focused Factory Microdesign Issues Clustering Products and Operations Focused-Factory Organization Customer-Focused Quality Listening to Your Customers Customer Complaint Statistical Variation Experimentation Awakening Road to Six Sigma Quality Assurance in Lean Production Problem-Solving Tools Statistical Process Control Nonstatistical Process Control Quality at the Source Quality Improvement and TPS SUSTAINING MOMENTUM Employee Involvement, Workplace Organization, Kaizen Employee Involvement and Workplace Organization Value Stream Mapping Main Vent Assembly Cell Supply-Chain Partnerships Learning from Our Suppliers Problems with Parts Building Bonds with a Supplier Building Bonds in the Supply Chain Supply-Chain Concept The Lean Supply Chain Partner Relationships Little Customer, Big Supplier This Can Be Difficult The Lean Enterprise Product Design Lean Product Development Process Engineering Purchasing Function Accounting and Finance Sales and Marketing Human Resources Lean Culture Transformation Organization Culture Role of Management Sustaining Momentum Transformational Leadership Mistakes Closing Thoughts APPENDIX A: Glossary