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Flow is a fundamental concept of lean manufacturing, and its improvement is a challenge to many organizations. After mastering basic visual tools, managers must concentrate on increasing flow. This work provides shopfloor and other lean professionals with what they need to know about how other companies are implementing and sustaining continuous flow improvement.Improving Flow: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in the newsletter Lean Manufacturer Advisor. The book demonstrates how to move products and services to the customer quicker while eliminating waste and improving profits.

Equipment downtime can bring a lean manufacturing operation to a complete standstill. Total productive maintenance (TPM) is such a fundamental part of becoming lean because a machine failure at one step of a continuous flow process will halt all the steps before and after it. Strategies aimed at eliminating downtime are essential in any operation in which the processes require the use of complex machinery and equipment.TPM: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturer Advisor: the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.

Applying lean to the supply chain is a hot topic. While lean operations can produce significant benefits to an organization, the greatest benefits will not be realized unless lean is extended beyond the organization to involve both suppliers and customers. Lean Supply Chain: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturing Advisor -- the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.

The benefits of advanced manufacturing methods can't be realized until they're practiced consistently and proficiently by your entire workforce. Here's a simple, low-cost way to get everyone on board quickly. This small book presents the basic methodology of TPM and focuses on hands-on activities for shopfloor teams to maximize equipment effectiveness.Feedback from our customers indicates that this book has been used primarily by shopfloor supervisors to lead operator teams in implementing TPM programs. For the most cost effective on-site education, every supervisor and team leader in your operation should read this book.TPM for Supervisors offers an overview of the basic features of TPM as well as the implementation process in an easy-to-follow presentation. It focuses on the important role of supervisors in maximizing equipment effectiveness. For the most cost-effective on-site education, every supervisor in your operation should read this book. It presents the basic methodology of TPM in clear, accessible language and will help supervisors implement TPM improvement activities on the shop floor. It's the best way to ensure a companywide understanding of TPM.

Now In DVD! The acclaimed 5S System: Workplace Organization and Standardization is now available in DVD. The 5S System DVD is a collaborative effort by the renowned producers of training videos for the manufacturing plant floor: Productivity Press and Tel-A-Train. This collaboration has created the most comprehensive and powerful 5S training tool you'll find anywhere. Now in DVD format, you'll no longer experience interruptions during your training sessions searching, changing, or re-winding tapes. The seven videotapes of the VHS format are now stored in one convenient disk. Complete with facilitator guides and participant guides, the 5S System DVD is an off-the-shelf product that you can use to train new employees, launch kaizen events, and lead implementation activities with your workforce. It will teach your workforce how to seize control of their workplace, how to own their equipment and most importantly, how to foster an environment of continuous improvement on the shop floor.Covering actual 5S implementation in plants such as Ford Motor Company, Titleist and Foot-Joy Worldwide, Miller Brewing Company, Exxon Chemicals, Gelman Sciences, Delco Remy, Hyde Manufacturing Company, and Sonoco Products, you'll see how 5S has worked for others and how it can work for you. In short, the 5S System DVD will get you well on your way to a cleaner, safer, and more efficient workplace. Run Time: 90 Min The Package Includes: *1 DVD disk*1 Facilitator Guide*1 Participant Guide Additional Facilitator and Participant Guides may be purchased online or by calling 1-888-319-5852. Free Video Demo The 5S System DVD (NEW!) To view click on your connection speed! This video requires Windows Media Player and a sound card (28.8K, 56K dial-up) 4.35 minutes, 1.28 mb (ISDN, DSL, Cable, T1) 4.35 minutes, 8.89 mb Click to install

The benefits of advanced manufacturing methods can't be realized until they're practiced consistently and proficiently by your entire workforce. Here's a simple, low-cost way to get everyone on board quickly. This small book presents the basic methodology of TPM and focuses on hands-on activities for shopfloor teams to maximize equipment effectiveness.Feedback from our customers indicates that this book has been used primarily by shopfloor supervisors to lead operator teams in implementing TPM programs. For the most cost effective on-site education, every supervisor and team leader in your operation should read this book.TPM for Supervisors offers an overview of the basic features of TPM as well as the implementation process in an easy-to-follow presentation. It focuses on the important role of supervisors in maximizing equipment effectiveness. For the most cost-effective on-site education, every supervisor in your operation should read this book. It presents the basic methodology of TPM in clear, accessible language and will help supervisors implement TPM improvement activities on the shop floor. It's the best way to ensure a companywide understanding of TPM.

Equipment downtime can bring a lean manufacturing operation to a complete standstill. Total productive maintenance (TPM) is such a fundamental part of becoming lean because a machine failure at one step of a continuous flow process will halt all the steps before and after it. Strategies aimed at eliminating downtime are essential in any operation in which the processes require the use of complex machinery and equipment. TPM: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturer Advisor: the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.

Applying lean to the supply chain is a hot topic. While lean operations can produce significant benefits to an organization, the greatest benefits will not be realized unless lean is extended beyond the organization to involve both suppliers and customers. Lean Supply Chain: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies ta