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Getting and staying productive : applying swift, even flow to practice /
"All kinds of processes - those that make things or deliver services or operate companies - can be made more productive, and society's continued well-being requires it. This book is for all those with a stake in improving how companies run. It introduces the concept of 'swift, even fl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Getting and Staying Productive; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; PART I: The concept; 1: The usual suspects; TRAPS AND PITFALLS; No. 1. Chopping heads; No. 2. Automation; No. 3. Efficiency measures; No. 4. Economies of scale; No. 5. Systems; "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" ARE SUSPECT; 2: Swift, even flow; VARIATION IN QUALITY; VARIATION IN QUANTITIES AND TIMING; COPING WITH VARIATION: DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; BACK TO VARIATION IN QUANTITIES AND TIMING; VARIATION FOR SERVICES; "EVEN" IS THE GOAL; SWIFT FLOW; SWIFT FLOW AND WASTE.
- SWIFT FLOW AND INVENTORIESTHE TORTOISE AND THE HARE; SOME EXAMPLES; 1 Southwest Airlines and easyJet; 2 Dell; 3 Zara; 4 Nucor; 5 Joint implant surgery; REVISITING THE USUAL SUSPECTS; UNDERSTANDING PRODUCTION PROCESSES IN A NEW LIGHT; PRODUCTIVITY AND VARIATION, PROFIT AND UNCERTAINTY; IT'S THE SAME FOR SERVICES; SHOULD PRODUCTIVITY ALWAYS BE THE GOAL?; HOW DOES SWIFT, EVEN FLOW FIT WITH CURRENT THINKING?; SWIFT, EVEN FLOW CAN BE MORE; 3: The old-fashioned way to make money; SWIFT, EVEN FLOW IN THE DATA; THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY TO MAKE MONEY; THE ARSENAL; THE ROBBER BARONS.
- Andrew Carnegie and the sorry case of US SteelEXPLAINING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; WHY BRITAIN?; IT's ALSO ABOUT TIME; ARKWRIGHT, THE WATER FRAME, AND THE FACTORY; THE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION; PRODUCTIVITY RATES DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; SWIFT, EVEN FLOW AND CLOCK-MAKING; MASS PRODUCTION VERSUS MASS CUSTOMIZATION; THE PLACE OF SWIFT, EVEN FLOW IN THIS HISTORY; PART II: Application; 4: Vision; A FRATERNITY OF HERNIA SUFFERERS; THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN; A POWERFUL PHILOSOPHY; 1 Quality; 2 Expertise; 3 Mistakes; 4 Inventory; 5 Lot sizes; 6 Queues; 7 The value of automation.
- 8 Sources of cost reduction9 Material flow; 10 Flexibility; 11 The role of overhead; 12 The cost of labor; 13 Machine speed; 14 Procurement; 15 Expediting; IT AIN'T EASY; AN ALTERNATIVE VISION OF TYING COST TO A PRODUCT; HOW WOULD IT WORK?; 5: Making a bad process better; A BACK-OFFICE NIGHTMARE; Variation; Throughput time; What swift, even flow suggests; SOME TAKEAWAYS FOR MAKING FLOWS SWIFT AND EVEN; NOT A BOOMING BUSINESS; Variation; Throughput time; WHAT SWIFT, EVEN FLOW SUGGESTS; SOME TAKEAWAYS FOR MAKING FLOWS SWIFT AND EVEN; ALL CLOGGED UP; GETTING ARMS AROUND THIS PROBLEM; Variation.
- Throughput timeWHAT SWIFT, EVEN FLOW SUGGESTS; SOME TAKEAWAYS FOR MAKING FLOWS SWIFT AND EVEN; BOTTLES, BOTTLES EVERYWHERE; WHAT DOES SWIFT, EVEN FLOW SAY ABOUT THIS? A CRITICAL TAKEAWAY; SOMETIMES THERE ARE MORE CHOICES THAN YOU THINK; ATTACKING THE OLD REGIME
- WHAT SWIFT, EVEN FLOW HAS TO SAY; TAKEAWAYS; LESSONS LEARNED: TURNING AROUND POORER-PERFORMING OPERATIONS; Coping with variation; Coping with long throughput times; 6: Linking the supply chain; TICK, TOCK; SWIFT, EVEN FLOW FOR THE SUPPLY CHAIN; ZÄNGERLE'S VISION; SOME TAKEAWAYS FOR MAKING SUPPLY CHAIN FLOWS SWIFT AND EVEN.