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Job Shop Lean An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems

In the 1950’s the design and implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) within Toyota had begun. In the 1960’s Group Technology (GT) and Cellular Manufacturing (CM) were used by Serck Audco Valves a high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturer in the United Kingdom to guide enterprise-wide transformation. In 1996 the publication of the book Lean Thinking introduced the entire world to Lean. Job Shop Lean integrates Lean with GT and CM by using the five Principles of Lean to guide its implementation: (1) identify value (2) map the value stream (3) create flow (4) establish pull and (5) seek perfection. Unfortunately the tools typically used to implement the Principles of Lean are incapable of solving the three Industrial Engineering problems that HMLV manufacturers face when implementing Lean: (1) finding the product families in a product mix with hundreds of different products (2) designing a flexible factory layout that fits hundreds of different product routings and (3) scheduling a multi-product multi-machine production system subject to finite capacity constraints. Based on the Author’s 20+ years of learning teaching researching and implementing Job Shop Lean since 1999 this book Describes the concepts tools software implementation methodology and barriers to successful implementation of Lean in HMLV production systems Utilizes Production Flow Analysis instead of Value Stream Mapping to eliminate waste in different levels of any HMLV manufacturing enterprise Solves the three Industrial Engineering problems that were mentioned earlier using software like PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit) Sgetti and Schedlyzer Explains how the one-at-a-time implementation of manufacturing cells constitutes a long-term strategy for Continuous Improvement Explains how product families and manufacturing cells are the basis for implementing flexible automation machine monitoring virtual cells Manufacturing Execution Systems and other elements of Industry 4. 0 Teaches a new method Value Network Mapping to visualize large multi-product multi-machine production systems whose Value Streams share many processes Includes real success stories of Job Shop Lean implementation in a variety of production systems such as a forge shop a machine shop a fabrication facility and a shipping department Encourages any HMLV manufacturer planning to implement Job Shop Lean to leverage the co-curricular and extracurricular programs of an Industrial Engineering department | Job Shop Lean An Industrial Engineering Approach to Implementing Lean in High-Mix Low-Volume Production Systems

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Productivity Improvement in Manufacturing SMEs Application of Work Study

This book focuses on the application of workstudy in productivity of manufacturing SMEs locally and abroad and also explores various industrial problems which face manufacturing SMEs in developing and underdeveloped countries in the rest of the world. Low productivity is currently a serious challenge facing manufacturing SMEs where these SMEs are operating below expected production output levels which makes it difficult for them to compete in the global market. SMEs are the engine drivers of economic growth one of which is manufacturing. The challenge is that government from various countries in developing and underdeveloped countries mandated agencies in their respective areas to ensure that there is economic progress for these SMEs but productivity remains low in the manufacturing SMEs. When SMEs do not perform well productivity of manufacturing SMEs declines and unemployment increases. Thus an increase in unemployment results in a drop of GDP in the country and can become a global and economic crisis. This book describes a process which enables the reader to use effective knowledge that addresses problems facing the productivity of manufacturing SMEs such as work study tools and case studies and provides solutions and applications to improve the running of the manufacturing SMEs in growing their productivity. | Productivity Improvement in Manufacturing SMEs Application of Work Study

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The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Taylor

Read the American classic that inspired Shigeo Shingo! Frederick W. Taylor's The Principles of Scientific Managementwas a mental revolution that spawned the very ideas of process improvement equity and efficiency between workers and management and the attainability of high production with low labor costs. Taylor discusses eliminating waste by using the system he developed over the course of his career and how it applies to individual as well as collective improvement initiatives. As the basis of modern organizational efficiency this instrumental book has motivated managers and engineers for almost 100 years. | The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Taylor

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Reshore Production Now How to Rebuild Manufacturing and Restore High Wages High Profits and National Prosperity in the USA

This book addresses the vital importance of reshoring US manufacturing capability to ensure economic and military security and then discusses the proven methods that the United States used to gain manufacturing supremacy in the first place. The vital takeaway is: If the job can be made sufficiently productive the per-unit labor cost ceases to be relevant which means a business can pay high wages realize high profits and deliver low prices simultaneously. The contest is then not between high wages and cheap labor but between efficiency and inefficiency and when automation is involved machine against machine. Readers will be able to put these principles to work very quickly to achieve tangible results. The relatively low Federal minimum wage has meanwhile become a major issue but inflation skyrocketed in the second quarter of 2022 when higher wages and higher demand for goods and services were not matched with higher productivity. The book addresses the relationship between the money supply and the velocity of money to prices wages and productivity. A manufacturing resurgence in the United States will not only increase our standard of living enormously but generate taxable economic activity that will help pay down rather than increase the Federal debt. Higher productivity also delivers a greater supply of goods to accompany higher wages and thus works against inflation. This can prevent looming recessions and disruptions. | Reshore Production Now How to Rebuild Manufacturing and Restore High Wages High Profits and National Prosperity in the USA

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Design for Manufacturability How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop High-Quality Products for Lean Production Second

Achieve any cost goals in half the time and achieve stable production with quality designed in right-the-first-time. Design for Manufacturability: How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop Low-Cost High-Quality Products for Lean Production is still the definitive work on DFM. This second edition extends the proven methodology to the most advanced product development process with the addition of the following new unique and original topics which have never been addressed previously. These topics show you how to: Cut cost from 1/2 to 1/10 in 9 categories—with ways to remove that much cost from product charges and pricing Commercialize innovation—starting with Manufacturable Research and learning from the new section on scalability you will learn how to design products and processing equipment to quickly scale up to any needed demand or desired growth. Design product families that can be built on-demand in platform cells that also mass customize products to-order Make Lean production easier to implement with much more effective results while making build-to-order practical with spontaneous supply chains and eliminating forecasted inventory by including an updated chapter on Designing Products for Lean Production The author’s 30 years of experience teaching companies DFM based on pre-class surveys and plant tours is the foundation of this most advanced design process. It includes incorporating dozens of proven DFM guidelines through up-front concurrent-engineering teamwork that cuts the time to stable production in half and curtails change orders for ramps rework redesign substituting cheaper parts change orders to fix the changes unstable design specs part obsolescence and late discovery of manufacturability issues at periodic design reviews. This second edition is for the whole product development community including: Engineers who want to learn the most advanced DFM techniques Managers who want to lead the most advanced product development Project team leaders who want to immediately apply all the principles taught in this book in their own micro-climate Improvement leaders and champions who want to implement the above and ensure that the company can design products and versatile processing equipment for low-volume/high-mix product varieties Designing half to a tenth of cost categories can avoid substituting cheap parts which degrades quality and encourages standardization and spontaneous supply chains which will encourage Lean initiatives. Using cellular manufacturing to shift production between lines for mixed production of platforms and build-to-order to offer the fastest order fulfillment can beat any competitors’ delivery time. | Design for Manufacturability How to Use Concurrent Engineering to Rapidly Develop High-Quality Products for Lean Production Second

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Renovating Healthcare IT Building the Foundation for Digital Transformation

Healthcare IT is under tremendous pressure in today’s environment: Budgets are shrinking; staff are in short supply; cloud mobile and data are driving expansion and innovation. Consumer expectations are high while agility and speed to market for many HIT organizations is low. The exponential growth of data sources and the need to empower healthcare with data-driven intelligence is pushing capabilities. The words digital transformation are infused in just about every discussion and serve to amplify organizational expectations of IT. In this environment IT departments have to retool rethink and revise their way of operating. Few have the option of starting from scratch; the vast majority of organizations have built IT functions over decades. Now it’s time to remodel and renovate for the future. This book walks the reader through the process of determining what type of IT function they have today and what they’ll need tomorrow. It discusses how to assess and analyze IT capabilities and then develop and implement a plan to renovate in place. By retooling now the IT function can successfully meet the growing demands of the organization in the future. When approached in a planful manner this process of renovating can energize the entire organization and help foster innovation and transformation along the way. | Renovating Healthcare IT Building the Foundation for Digital Transformation

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The Resilient Healthcare Organization How to Reduce Physician and Healthcare Worker Burnout

Professional burnout is an epidemic in America. Approximately half of physicians and nurses are affected and at risk for themselves and their patients. Much has been written about professional burnout. The term was originally coined in the 1970s by American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger to describe the consequences of severe stress and high ideals experienced by people working in helping professions. Since then many books have been written to address this looming national public health crisis. But unfortunately there has been much less written from a solution standpoint: getting to the root cause of why this is occurring now more than ever. The Resilient Healthcare Organization engages readers focusing on physicians and healthcare professionals and their experiences and how they overcame a loss of enthusiasm for work feelings of cynicism and a low sense of personal accomplishment. The feelings of emotional exhaustion are characterized by depersonalization and perceived ineffectiveness. These are the cardinal features that define burnout and affect almost 50% of physicians and 30–70% of nurses. This book addresses why burnout is viewed as a threat and how it can be fought. The author discusses the contributing factors and solutions at the health system and societal level. Additionally this book explores the current and future etiology and impacts on physicians and healthcare professionals with a significant emphasis on solutions at both the individual level and the system level. Contributors: Patricia S. Normand MD Bruce Flareau MD Kathleen Ferket MSN APRN Daniel Edelman DO and Peter B. Angood MD. | The Resilient Healthcare Organization How to Reduce Physician and Healthcare Worker Burnout

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Giving Wings to Her Team A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way

Denise dreamed of being the kind of leader who empowered and engaged her people but was becoming frustrated and disillusioned. Denise - a fast-rising young consultant at a large advisory firm - lands a job as a manager in industry. Crisis strikes as low-cost competitors take market share and general chaos generates late shipments. Denise goes into Lean consulting mode but quickly learns her supervisors are not buying it. They're not engaged and they find the Lean tools confusing and a distraction from their goals of getting product out. It's going to take some magic - magic that's available to you the reader too! Come with Denise on a journey of discovery and skill development as she moves beyond the tools and concepts of Lean and focuses on daily practice that helps her supervisors achieve their goals. It's about an approach called Toyota Kata that helps anyone develop and apply scientific thinking - an exploratory mindset of curiosity and experimentation. A mentor from an unlikely place appears and shares with Denise how to coach her team. Once her supervisors dig into real problems they face every day they begin to engage. Step by step with insightful inputs from her mentor Denise starts developing the skills to become a coaching manager. She watches her team meet their current challenges and be ready for more. When you teach and practice scientific thinking and coaching skills you give wings to your team and new worlds of opportunity open up. If you're a manager you'll identify with how the team in this story goes beyond general preaching about best practices to practicing how to get to where they want to be. If you're a Lean practitioner frustrated with applying tools with a limited half life you'll learn how to develop people so they can achieve their most important goals and keep going. And if you're already a Toyota Kata practitioner well . you will love this book! | Giving Wings to Her Team A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way

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Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered Practical Optimization of the RCM Process with RCM-R

Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered: Practical Optimization of the RCM Process with RCM-R® provides an optimized approach to a well-established and highly successful method used for determining failure management policies for physical assets. It makes the original method that was developed to enhance flight safety far more useful in a broad range of industries where asset criticality ranges from high to low. RCM-R® is focused on the science of failures and what must be done to enable long-term sustainably reliable operations. If used correctly RCM-R® is the first step in delivering fewer breakdowns more productive capacity lower costs safer operations and improved environmental performance. Maintenance has a huge impact on most businesses whether its presence is felt or not. RCM-R® ensures that the right work is done to guarantee there are as few nasty surprises as possible that can harm the business in any way. RCM-R® was developed to leverage on RCM’s original success at delivering that effectiveness while addressing the concerns of the industrial market. RCM-R® addresses the RCM method and shortfalls in its application - It modifies the method to consider asset and even failure mode criticality so that rigor is applied only where it is truly needed. It removes (within reason) the sources of concern about RCM being overly rigorous and too labor intensive without compromising on its ability to deliver a tailored failure management program for physical assets sensitive to their operational context and application. RCM-R® also provides its practitioners with standard based guidance for determining meaningful failure modes and causes facilitating their analysis for optimum outcome. Includes extensive review of the well proven RCM method and what is needed to make it successful in the industrial environment Links important elements of the RCM method with relevant International Standards for risk management and failure management Enhances RCM with increased emphasis on statistical analysis bringing it squarely into the realm of Evidence Based Asset Management Includes extensive experience based advice on implementing and sustaining RCM based failure management programs | Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered Practical Optimization of the RCM Process with RCM-R®

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Hospital Capacity Management Insights and Strategies

Hospital Capacity Management: Insights and Strategies details many of the key processes procedures and administrative realities that make up the healthcare system we all encounter when we visit the ED or the hospital. It walks through in detail how these systems work how they came to be this way why they are set up as they are and then in many cases why and how they should be improved right now. Many examples pulled from the lifelong experiences of the authors published studies and well-documented case studies are provided both to illustrate and support arguments for change. First and foremost it is necessary to remember that the mission of our healthcare system is to take care of patients. This has been forgotten at times causing many of the issues the authors discuss in the book including hospital capacity management. This facet of healthcare management is absolutely central to the success or failure of a hospital both in terms of its delivery of care and its ability to survive as an institution. Poor hospital capacity management is a root cause of long wait times overcrowding higher error rates poor communication low satisfaction and a host of other commonly experienced problems. It is important enough that when it is done well it can completely transform an entire hospital system. Hospital capacity management can be described as optimizing a hospital’s bed availability to provide enough capacity for efficient error-free patient evaluation treatment and transfer to meet daily demand. A hospital that excels at capacity management is easy to spot: no lines of people waiting and no patients in hallways or sitting around in chairs. These hospitals don’t divert incoming ambulances to other hospitals; they have excellent patient safety records and efficiently move patients through their organization. They exist but are sadly in the minority of American hospitals. The vast majority are instead forced to constantly react to their own poor performance. This often results in the building of bigger and bigger institutions which instead of managing capacity simply create more space in which to mismanage it. These institutions are failing to resolve the true stumbling blocks to excellent patient care many of which you may have experienced firsthand in your own visit to your hospital. It is the hope of the authors that this book will provide a better understanding of the healthcare delivery system. | Hospital Capacity Management Insights and Strategies

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The Future of Entrepreneurship in Africa Cross-Sectoral Perspectives Post COVID-19

Thsi book focuses on entrepreneurial development and the development of small businesses in Africa. The central idea of this book is that entrepreneurial development and small business development are connected. Entrepreneurship is lauded as an engine of growth (economic development and job creation) with small businesses often contributing to new job creation. Also entrepreneurship and small business development are the heart of many countries’ economies. The decision to focus on entrepreneurial development and small business development is that first there is a consensus that most entrepreneurial activities are aimed at creating small new ventures. Second countries that give special attention to entrepreneurship stand a chance of industrialization. Third Africa has been reported as having a rich entrepreneurial landscape as the continent’s wealthiest individuals generated their wealth as trailblazing entrepreneurs. Fourth small-scale entrepreneurs and businesses form the backbone of economic activities across the continent. A motivation to focus on entrepreneurial and small business development is the generally accepted view that start-ups in Africa are growing calling for understanding into how to enhance productivity efficiencies and application of new technologies. The book aims to enhance the understanding of stakeholders (business owners governments practitioners) to overturn challenges such as inadequate start-up capital competition lack of employees with the right skills and low use of technology. The ability to develop entrepreneurship in Africa and the role of small-medium enterprises cannot be underestimated. The promotion of entrepreneurship in Africa is crucial as it creates jobs provides decent livelihoods and contributes to GDP. Most entrepreneurial initiatives in developing economies entail identifying opportunities and new venture creation. It is worth recognizing that most new ventures created take the form of small businesses and the entrepreneurial processes involve entrepreneurs’ knowledge and skills identifying opportunities involvement in setting up a business and managing the business. The various aspects of this book focus on many entrepreneurial activities that are undertaken on the African continent. This book is focused on African countries since there is a reason to be optimistic about the prospects for growth and entrepreneurship. To achieve entrepreneurial success in African countries the African Development Bank (2021) proposes that there must be a link between macro and firm-level characteristics that will serve as the mix of entrepreneurship in societies. This book therefore considers some macro-level factors such as education training and skills development technological developments government programs and entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities. At the firm-level this book focuses on entrepreneurial initiatives such as branding and marketing. | The Future of Entrepreneurship in Africa Cross-Sectoral Perspectives Post COVID-19

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