Lean Production for the Small Company

A practical guide to adapting Toyota Production System and Lean principles to high-mix/low-volume environments, this unique book uses charts, flow charts, and pictures as well as simple language and logic to illustrate the need for and benefit of change. It guides the reader through the correct order of implementation and describes problems and pitfalls alongside practical and proven solutions. Drawing on the author's years of experience transforming high-mix plants to Lean, this handy volume offers hands-on advice to bring Lean principles to low-volume manufacturers.