精益物流书籍：makingmaterialsflow.docx

Mak ing Materials Flow About This Book Making Mucerish Flow A Shingo Research Prize recipie nt for 2005! Maki ng Materials Flow describes in plain lan guage ano ther step in impleme nting a complete lea n bus in ess system. at the value stream for eachLEI s first workbook, Learning to See, focused on where to start product family within your facilities. at the value stream for each Seeing the Whole then expanded the value-stream map beyond facility walls, all the way from raw materials to customer. After mapping has identified waste and potential applications of flow and pull, you can use the tech ni ques in Creati ng Con tin uous Flow to impleme nt truly con ti nuous flow in cellularized operati ons. Making Materials Flow takes the next step by explaining how to supply purchased parts to the value stream in order to support con tin uous flow. “ Companies are making progress in creating areas of continuous flow as more managers learn about value-stream mapping and continuous- flow cells, ” saidauthor Rick Harris, who also co authored the Creati ng Con ti nuous Flow workbook. Both workbooks have received Shi ngo Research Prizes. During visits to pla nts Harris has no ticed an un settl ing trend. “ As I walk through facilities and exam in e earn est efforts to create con tin uous flow, I see how hard it is to susta in steady output. The problem often is the lack of a lean material-handling system for purchased parts to support con ti nuous flow cells, small- batch process ing, and traditi onal assembly lin es. ” Making Materials Flow explains in plain language how to create such a system by applying the releva nt con cepts and methods in a step-by-step progressi on. The workbook reveals the exercises, formulas, sta ndards, and forms that a con sulta nt would use to impleme nt the system in your environment. And, like LEI s other workbooks, Making Materials Flow answers the key questi on man agers ofte n have about lea n man ufacturi ng tools and con cepts, “ What