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“mike elbert”

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  • Lean Production for the Small Company

    by Mike Elbert ...
    A hands-on guide to adapting Lean principles and the Toyota Production System to high-mix/low-volume environments, Lean Production for the Small Company uses charts, pictures, and easy-to-understand language to describe the methods needed to improve processes and eliminate waste. It walks readers through the correct order of implementation and desc ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • Makers

    The New Industrial Revolution

    by Chris Anderson ...
    3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop.In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Toyota Way to Success EBOOK BUNDLE

    by David Meier, James K. Franz, Jeffrey K. Liker ...
    Four E-Books in OneThe Toyota WayTOYOTA. The name signifies greatness—world-class cars and game-changing business thinking In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. The international bestsellerThe Toyota Way ... Read more

    $84.29 USD

  • How To Choose A Business Process Improvement Methodology For Your Organization And Measure The Positive Change- Up to speed with workflow

    Business Process Management and Continuous Improvement Executive Guide series, #3

    by Shruti Bhat ...
    Series Book 3 - Business Process Management and Continuous Improvement Executive Guide series
    Business processes in any organization, can be made more efficient, more effective, and adaptable to changing market and/ or economic needs.However, the biggest problem faced by most companies worldwide, is not its competitors, rather the biggest problems are self-inflicted, that is, created in-house by the management. Therefore, a step further in this direction is to build 'quality' and ... Read more

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  • Machining for Hobbyists

    Getting Started

    by Karl Moltrecht ...
    Machining for Hobbyists is for do-it-yourselfers and hobbyists who want to set up or expand a small machine shop in their garage, basement, shed or perhaps in a rented space. With their own shop, hobbyists can build models and undertake other building and maintenance projects that involve using different metals. Working in metal requires skills, knowledge, and equipment that are unlike other ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • The TWI Facilitator's Guide

    How to Use the TWI Programs Successfully

    by Donald A. Dinero ...
    There are many books available covering the Training Within Industry (TWI) programs, but few include any unique material on adaptation or modification – This dearth of new has caused practitioners to alter the programs without understanding the underlying principles. These changes have made the programs less effective.One must, however, maintain the principles used in the programs when changing ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The New European Industrial Policy

    Global Competitiveness and the Manufacturing Renaissance

    by Franco Mosconi ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the European Economy
    The years since the global financial crisis have seen something of a renaissance in the manufacturing industry. The United States has launched its Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and China owes much of its spectacular economic boom in the last decades to its being the 'world's factory'. Is there room for the EU in this landscape? This timely new book explores Europe’s role in this evolving ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Cell Manufacturing Playbook

    A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner

    by Chris A. Ortiz ...
    Series series The LEAN Playbook Series
    This book describes how to effectively implement cell manufacturing. It covers the eight Wastes of Lean and the six Lean metrics that are recommended in each implementation and a description of what cell manufacturing is and its application to improving operational processes. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Faster, Better, Cheaper in the History of Manufacturing

    From the Stone Age to Lean Manufacturing and Beyond

    by Christoph Roser ...
    The industrial revolution, mechanization, water and steam power, computers, and automation have given an enormous boost to manufacturing productivity. "Faster, Better, Cheaper" in the History of Manufacturing shows how the ability to make products faster, better, and cheaper has evolved from the stone age to modern times. It explains how different developments over time have raised efficiency and ... Read more

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  • Lean Maintenance

    A Practical, Step-By-Step Guide for Increasing Efficiency

    by Javier Girón Blanco, Torsten Dederichs ...
    The book is about applying Lean manufacturing principles to industrial maintenance in order to improve the efficiency and be able to do more with the same (or less) resources. By industrial maintenance we mean the maintenance that takes place in factories and industrial facilities. The book is the result of multiple improvement projects carried out by the authors in various industrial settings and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • The Pillars of the Italian Economy

    Manufacturing, Food & Wine, Tourism

    Edited by Marco Fortis ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book offers a detailed analysis of the key sectors in the Italian economy, with the focus especially on areas in which the economy excels, such as the automatic packaging machinery sector, pharmaceutical production, the food and wine industry, and tourism. The book explains how, contrary to widespread opinion, Italy is one of the world’s most competitive countries in foreign trade, as ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Reflections on Hoshin Planning

    Guidance for Leaders and Practitioners

    by Lisa Boisvert ...
    The conditions in which leaders apply Hoshin Planning today have changed substantially since the method was established in the 1950‘s. There is better and more broadly distributed understanding of statistical process improvement principles and practices in today‘s organizations. Executives seem to rotate in and out of organizations with more freque ... Read more

    $52.99 USD