Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0966784308 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 102 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This simple tool makes it possible for you to see through the clutter of a complex plant. You'll soon be able to identify all of the processing steps along the path from raw materials to finished goods for each product and all of the information flows going back from the customer through the plant and upstream to suppliers. With this knowledge in hand it is much easier to envision a "future state" for each product family in which wasteful actions are eliminated and production can be pulled smoothly ahead by the customer.In plain language and with detailed drawings, this workbook explains everything you will need to know to create accurate current-state and future- state maps for each of your product families and then to turn the current state into the future state rapidly and
Great textbook This is the best book to use to learn value stream mapping, and you can honestly use the insight gained by working through it to improve factory processes. Really.I worked through the book myself over a hotel weekend, and then tried it out, and then read it again. I have honestly used Value Stream Mapping to take $5 million + (probably WAY+) worth of stupid out of the processes at my part of a factory that does about $30M per month in salesThe bad:The book comes with a CD. It's worthless. If you buy a used copy without the CD, don't worry about it.Upda. C.Am said Very good handbook to improve your companies value stream.. If you want to get fast into lean management in your comany, this Hanndbook is a very good, easy step by step tool, to create your own value stream. I worked with it for a bachelor thesis and shows exactl, how to describe, optimize and improve the door to door value stream. Not every detail is included in this book, but with this tool you know what you need to reserach to improve you internal company logistic!. Very clear step-by-step workbook I saw this book referenced in several other books on the subject of Lean. I thought it was just an explanation of how to draw a value-stream map.Actually, Learning To See is a real workbook. Most of its content explains how to draw a future-state map, step by step. And then how to link to policy deployment.Very useful for a practitioner desiring to (1) write a diagnostic, (2) write an appropriate remedy, (3) make it obvious why the remedy is far superior to the current situation, and (Very clear step-by-step workbook Renaud ANJORAN I saw this book referenced in several other books on the subject of Lean. I thought it was just an explanation of how to draw a value-stream map.Actually, Learning To See is a real workbook. Most of its content explains how to draw a future-state map, step by step. And then how to link to policy deployment.Very useful for a practitioner desiring to (1) write a diagnostic, (2) write an appropriate remedy, (3) make it obvious why the remedy is far superior to the current situation, and (4) formalize application of the remedy.. ) formalize application of the remedy.