New horizons in standardized work : techniques for manufacturing and business process improvement /

Martin, Timothy D.

New horizons in standardized work : techniques for manufacturing and business process improvement / Timothy D. Martin and Jeffrey T. Bell. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 157 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references.

Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: What Is Standardized Work?; Chapter 2: Observation; Chapter 3: Cyclic Standardized Work; Chapter 4: Long-Cycle Standardized Work; Chapter 5: Job Design for the Worker: Understanding the Levels of Interfacing; Chapter 6: Noncyclic Standardized Work; Appendix A: Philosophy for Auditing Standardized Work; Appendix B: Documenting Common Issues and Problems with a WCT; Appendix C: Taking Measurements with a Stopwatch; Appendix D: Workplace Mock-Ups and Simulation Philosophy; Appendix E: A Little More on the Kaizen Attitude.

Enabling management to verify that processes are being performed correctly and in an efficient manner, standardized work provides limitless opportunities for process improvements. So much so, that it has become a vital component of improvement efforts in Lean enterprise systems. New Horizons in Standardized Work: Techniques for Manufacturing and Business Process Improvement is an all-inclusive guide to applying standardized work principles to virtually any business in any industry. It facilitates a fundamental understanding of standardized work principles and the logic behind their development.

9781439840818 (electronic bk.) 1439840814 (electronic bk.) 9781439884119 1439884110

10.1201/b10507 doi


Workflow.
Standardization.
Production standards.
Flux de travail.
Normalisation.
Production--Normes.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Organizational Behavior.
Production standards.
Standardization.
Workflow.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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