Right-Sized Equipment DVD DVD-ROM
by Engineers (Society of Manufacturing Engineers, New York, USA) Society Manufctrng
DVD-ROM
Description
Within Lean manufacturing, those companies seeking to improve flow, quality, and turnaround time while minimizing their sp4nding of capital use right-sized equipment.
Instead of large product batches that must be stored, right-sized equipment produces just the amount of product needed.
Through this approach errors in the process can be quickly exposed and eliminated. Right-Sized Equipment, the DVD gives the viewer an exclusive look into one of the Boeing Company's commercial airplane plant and integrated aero structures business units to explain how right-sized equipment fits with their Lean journey.
Sharing real-world applications of lean principles, this video-:Shows how the production flow of parts used in de-icing airplane wings improved when the company shifted to making the assembly in a small cellDemonstrates how the cost of some parts decreased by as much as 75 percent just by reducing floor space and changing to right-size equipmentAnalyzes the Japanese term chaku-chaku, explaining exactly what it means to fully utilize people rather than machines.
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Item not Available
- Format:DVD-ROM
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:01/03/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9781420076134
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:DVD-ROM
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:01/03/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9781420076134