Made-to-Order Lean: Excelling In A High-Mix, Low-Volume Environment
By Greg Lane (Paperback, 2007)

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Toyota Production System methods have rendered remarkable results in high-volume manufacturing plants but they have not been fully understood & correctly applied in high-mix low-volume environments While lean principles do apply the implementation methods & tools must be adapted & alternate methods embraced in a low-volume environment This volume is specifically geared for manufacturers that have hundreds to thousands of active part numbers with few or no ongoing forecasted volumes & for job shops that build only to order The primary focus is eliminating non-value-added activities & instituting improvements on the most repetitive jobs a strategy that gives you more time to produce your low-volume work or one-offs About the author Greg Lane is a faculty member of the Lean Enterprise Institute & an advisor to the Instituto de Lean Management in Spain During his time with Toyota he was one of a handful of candidates selected for a one-year training program conducted by the company&s masters He became certified as a Toyota Production System (TPS) Key Person & continued his work with Toyota training others in TPS He has been highly active in working on implementing lean around the world supporting large & small companies alike In 1998 he began to focus his lean endeavors on meeting the specific needs of high-mix low-volume enterprises During his time as an independent consultant Greg purchased & operated his own manufacturing company which specialized in fast turnaround on high-mix low-volume parts Greg used TPS to grow the business & nearly double its sales Greg & his associates have experience not only at adapting the methods contained in this book but also in applying other tools that are too numerous to detail here