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Lean Thinking

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by Daniel T Jones


  packaging industry, 304 –5

  paint systems, 60 , 61 , 113 , 194 , 204 , 205 –6

  palletizers, 305

  parking carousels, 225 , 252

  partnerships, 327

  patents, 103 , 108 , 109

  Pentland, Bob, 128 , 129

  perfection, 90 –98

  action plan for, 250 , 260 , 270

  definition of, 350

  dreaming about, 285 , 286 –95

  flow and, 65 –66, 94

  incremental path to, see kaizen

  pull and, 85 , 92 , 94

  pursuit of, 10 , 12 , 25 –26, 35 , 37 , 49 , 109 , 134 , 139 , 224

  radical path to, see kaikaku

  pickers, 42 , 73 , 75 , 76 , 77 –79, 82 , 143

  Plan-Do-Check-Act problem-solving cycle, 242

  platforms, automobile, 237 , 238 , 278

  “pogo stick” phenomenon, 81

  Point-of-Sale (POS) system, 45

  point-to-point services, 18 , 19 , 20

  point velocity, 178 , 288

  poka-yoke process, 9 , 61 , 203 , 228 , 350 –51, 361 n , 370 n

  Poland, 333

  Pontiac assembly plant, 170 –71

  Porsche, Ferdinand, 189 , 190 , 191 , 193

  Porsche AG, 199 –218

  batch-and-queue mode used by, 192 , 215

  box score of, 212 –13

  change agents for, 197 –98, 201 –5, 214

  competition of, 192 , 214 , 215

  cost reductions in, 197 , 200 , 210

  craft culture of, 193 –94, 201 , 206 , 207

  creative crisis in, 195 –97

  delivery times for, 201

  departments of, 192 , 215

  engine assembly in, 201 –5, 213

  engineers of, 190 , 192 , 194 , 195 , 202 , 206 , 210 , 212 , 213 –14, 215 , 279

  expanded operations of, 373 n

  family control of, 191 , 195

  founding of, 189

  hierarchy of, 192 , 193 , 199 –200, 201 , 215

  history of, 189 –94

  inventory of, 194 , 201 –3, 213 , 215

  JIT system used by, 207 , 208 –10

  labor unions of, 198 , 199 , 202 , 206 –7

  layoffs by, 205 –6

  lean production in, 189 , 197 –218, 226 , 229 , 258 , 264 , 302 –4, 338 , 373 n

  legal name of, 192

  machines used by, 193 , 201 –2, 205 , 206 , 364 n

  management of, 191 –92, 194 , 198 –99, 202 , 203 , 207 , 210 –11, 214 , 374 n

  market niche of, 195 , 197 , 198 , 202 , 211 , 267

  meister system of, 193 , 199 –200, 201 , 215

  muda in, 193 , 206 , 210

  order processing by, 194

  performance standards of, 191 , 193 –94, 211 , 212

  plant layout of, 203 , 204

  POLE team of, 207 –10

  Pre-Delivery Inspection Centers

  closed by, 303

  product development in, 191 , 192 , 193 –94, 195 , 198 , 206 , 211 –12, 215 , 276 , 302 –4

  productivity in, 197 , 198 , 212 –13

  profits of, 191 , 198 , 213 , 303 , 304

  pull system used by, 208 –9

  quality control in, 189 , 193 –94, 198 , 199 , 200 , 202 , 206 , 208

  reorganization of, 198 –200

  sales of, 195 –97, 206 , 213 , 214 , 303

  sensei for, 201 – 5

  suppliers of, 192 –93, 194 , 203 –4, 207 –10, 214 , 215 , 252 , 266

  value stream of, 195 , 215

  Works Council of, 198 , 199 , 202 , 206

  Porsche Boxster, 211 , 302 , 369 n

  Porsche Carrera, 189 , 201

  Porsche Consulting, 210

  Porsche Improvement ( Verbesserungs ) Process (PVP), 200 –201, 205 , 206

  Porsche 356, 190

  Porsche 911, 190 , 191 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 201 , 211 , 302 , 368 n –69 n

  Porsche 912, 196

  Porsche 914, 190 –91, 195 , 196

  Porsche 924, 191 , 195 , 196

  Porsche 928, 191 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 211

  Porsche 944, 191 , 195 , 196 , 197

  Porsche 959, 195

  Porsche 968, 191 , 196 , 205 , 211

  Pratt, Francis, 153 , 154

  Pratt & Whitney, 151 –88

  American Eagle logo of, 155

  batch-and-queue mode used by, 153 , 160 , 165 , 173 , 175 , 177 , 180 , 182

  cells used in, 156 –57, 168 , 169 , 173 , 175 , 179 , 183

  change agents for, 168 –73, 257

  commercial accounts of, 151 –52, 155 , 160 , 161 , 162

  competition of, 151 , 157 , 159 , 161 –64

  Continuous Improvement Office of, 168 , 184 , 223

  cost reductions by, 20 , 26 , 151 , 152 , 179 , 182 , 183 , 187

  creative crisis in, 166 –86

  delivery times for, 164 , 173 , 174 , 183 , 186

  departments of, 155 , 159 , 171 –72, 180 –81

  in difficult environment, 305 –9

  downsizing plan for, 166 –67

  earnings of (1992–2002), 152 , 309 , 373 n –74 n

  employees of, 158 , 168 , 172 –73, 174 , 175 , 187

  engineers of, 154 –58, 160 –61, 164 –65, 166 , 182 –83, 184 , 186

  exit strategy for, 167 , 183

  final assembly in, 157 , 160 , 173 , 174 , 180 , 182 , 232

  flow in, 156 –57, 164 –65, 167 –69, 173 , 175 , 176 –79, 180 , 182 , 187

  founding of, 153

  history of, 153 –66

  inventory of, 170 –71, 175 , 183

  JIT system used by, 179

  labor unions of, 158 , 172 –73, 187 , 365 n

  layoffs by, 162 , 163 , 172 –73, 175 , 179 , 180

  lean production in, 150 , 152 –53, 166 –68, 217 , 226 , 229 , 259 , 338 , 367 n –68 n

  machines used by, 153 –54, 160 , 165 , 168 , 175 –80, 183

  management of, 155 –56, 158 , 163 , 164 –66, 168 , 173 –74, 180 , 182 –83, 184 , 210 , 260 –61

  market share of, 151 , 160 , 162 , 164 , 169

  mass production in, 157 –62

  Material Review Boards (MRBs) of, 181 , 183

  military accounts of, 151 , 155 , 158 –59, 160 , 162 , 306 , 373 n

  modular system used by, 180 , 182 , 186

  order processing by, 158 , 161 , 167 , 174

  plant layout of, 165 , 166 , 168 , 172 , 177 , 178 , 182 –83, 306 –7

  Product Centers of, 172 , 184 , 185

  product development in, 152 , 154 , 158 –64, 167 , 184 –86, 276 , 308 , 365 n –66 n , 373 n

  profits of, 170 , 187

  project engineer’s role in, 155 –58

  pull in, 182

  quality control in, 157 , 163 , 165 , 175 , 179 , 180 –83, 184

  reorganization of, 184 –86

  return on assets and sales of, 308

  sales of, 161 –62, 163 , 169 –70, 171 , 186 , 187 , 306 , 307 , 308

  spare parts manufactured by, 151 , 161 , 162 , 169 , 174 –75, 187 , 308

  suppliers of, 166 –67, 168 , 172 , 173 , 179 –80, 182 , 183

  tools used by, 157 , 158 , 164 , 168 , 180 , 183

  value stream of, 20 , 48 , 169 , 172 , 175 , 178

  Pratt PW4084 engines, 152

  “Pratt Salute,” 159

  prices:

  competitive, 163 , 251

  constant, 82

  control of, 17 , 241

  as global strategy, 332 –35

  reduction of, 35 –36, 218

  return on assets and sales vs., 308

  supplier’s, 327

  targets for, 10 , 267

  Prius, 373 n

  process:

  efficiency and, 50 –51, 52

  technology for, 16 –17, 26 , 95

  as term, 350 , 351 , 368 n

  time for, 62 , 351 , 352

  villages for, 128 , 135 , 220 , 232 , 243 , 347 , 351

  Procter & Gamble, 282

  production,
lean:

  acid test of, 151 –88

  action plan for, see action plan

  cellular assembly in, 10 , 62 , 63 , 112 –15, 117 , 128 –30, 156 –57, 168 , 169 , 173 , 175 , 179 , 183 , 252 , 314 , 323 –26, 347 , 351 , 375 n

  conversion to, 10 –11, 12 , 101 –246

  cost reductions in, 20 , 26 , 28 , 43 , 45 , 63 , 64 , 80 , 109 , 117 , 217 , 244 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 259 , 266 –67, 268 , 276 , 277 , 280 , 281 –82

  egalitarian nature of, 97 , 111 , 268

  German example of, 189 –218, 302 –4, 373 n

  goals for, 96 –97

  hard case for, 125 –50

  Japanese examples of, 219 –46, 300 –302, 336 , 373 n

  job security and, 115 –16, 122 –23, 133 , 134 , 139 –40, 168 , 179 , 258 , 260

  “just do it” approach to, 12 , 129 , 134 , 202 , 261

  logistics and, 63 –64

  matrix for, 96 –97

  “mean” production vs., 16 , 258 , 278 –79

  noise and, 59 , 63

  order processing in, 24 , 26 , 35 , 44 –47, 52 , 54 –56, 58 , 81 , 194 , 246 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 262 , 268

  quality control in, 9 , 27 , 29 , 51 , 54 , 60 –61, 96 , 109 , 115 , 121 , 126 , 134 , 137 , 140 –41, 147 , 149 , 165 , 242 , 249 , 257 , 267 , 268 , 280 , 349 , 351

  resources in, 36 , 47 , 85 , 88 , 97 , 144 –47, 179 , 255 , 262

  scheduling in, 10 , 58 , 70 , 81 , 186 , 235 , 254 , 256 , 259 , 262 , 348 –49, 351

  simple case for, 102 –24

  transparency (visual control) in, 21 , 26 , 56 , 61 , 70 , 97 , 117 , 122 , 125 , 139 , 142 , 149 , 180 , 200 , 201 , 217 –18, 228 , 253 , 261 , 263 –64, 268 , 270 , 276 , 353 , 360 n

  see also enterprise, lean; lean thinking

  production, mass:

  automated, 28 , 56 , 60 , 217 , 230 –31, 232 , 239 –41, 243 , 244 , 245 , 268 , 283

  batch-and-queue mode used in, 9 , 21 –22, 23 , 27 , 47 , 53 , 65 , 88 , 257 –58, 265 , 267 , 278 , 347 , 352

  “brownfields” in, 10 –11, 28 , 261 , 347 , 348

  buffers in, 60 , 61 , 112 , 113 , 171

  departmentalization in, 10 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 53 , 56 , 112 , 286

  errors in, 15 , 27 , 43 , 61 , 96 , 115 , 121 , 137 , 149

  final assembly in, 20 , 22 , 23 , 26 , 56 , 80 , 93

  “greenfields” in, 10 , 28 , 217 , 347 , 348

  inventory in, 67 –68, 72 –74

  in lean global strategy, 332 –36

  management in, 10 , 16 , 17 –18, 44 , 53 –54, 141 –42, 147 –48, 173 –74

  quotas for, 114

  scheduling in, 55

  volume in, 22 –23, 103 , 104

  products:

  categories of, 335

  customized, 104 –5, 106 , 107 , 118 , 216 , 224 , 225 , 230

  definition of, 32 –34

  design of, 16 , 24 , 30 –31, 32 , 40 , 52 , 53 –54, 55 , 60 , 63 , 93 , 107 –8, 118 , 119 , 154 , 226 –27

  development of, 9 , 10 , 21 , 26 , 27 , 31 –32, 35 , 37 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 53 –54, 102 , 110 , 112 , 118 –21, 140 –42, 147 , 148 , 150 , 242 , 245 –46, 250 , 251 –52, 255 , 256 , 257 , 259 , 262 , 266 , 268 , 301 –2, 308

  discounting of, 24

  distribution of, 42 , 55 , 72 –82, 85 –87

  duplication of, 245

  end, 216

  expedition of, 55 , 58 , 63 , 67 –68, 71 , 73 , 75 , 83 , 106 –7, 110 , 119 , 140 , 194 , 220

  families of, 23 , 62 , 63 , 95 , 111 , 121 , 135 , 136 , 146 , 147 , 225 , 226 , 238 , 241 , 250 , 252 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 259 , 261 , 263 , 270 , 320 –22, 351

  fast-moving, 46

  global strategy for, 332 –35

  “hit rate” of, 54

  launching of, 16 , 24 , 47 –48, 63 , 120 –21, 131

  lead times for, 30 , 38 , 58 , 85 , 87 , 107 , 110 , 114 , 121 , 165 –66, 167 , 186 , 237 , 251 , 259 , 266 , 268 , 349 , 351 , 352

  margins for, 47

  market trials for, 47

  reengineering of, 53 , 107 –8, 120 , 194 , 216 , 227

  services vs., 36 , 51 , 187 , 259 , 286 , 294

  standardized, 232

  target costs for, 10 , 35 –36, 141 , 149 , 236 , 267 , 277 , 352 , 357 n

  teams for, 10 , 19 , 25 , 31 –32, 53 –54, 55 , 60 –61, 63 , 95 , 96 , 109 , 112 , 114 , 119 –20, 135 –36, 137 , 139 , 141 –42, 143 , 148 , 184 –86, 252 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 321 , 322

  throughput times for, 24 , 27 , 54 , 60 , 115 , 121 , 150 , 210 , 240 , 349 , 351 , 352

  time-to-market for, 27 , 148 , 165 , 222 , 238 , 251 , 268

  variety of, 27 , 31 , 41 , 119 , 124 , 140 , 215 , 226 , 268

  profits, 16 , 35 , 54 , 109 , 121 , 125 , 127 , 133 , 136 –37, 138 , 144 , 149 , 150 , 161 , 251 , 258 , 263 , 276

  profit sharing, 137 , 144 , 150

  progress control boards, 78 –79

  promotions, special service, 73 , 81 , 82 , 88

  publishing industry, 25

  pull, 67 –89, 349

  action plan for, 250 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 264 , 314 , 323 –26, 328 –31

  customer as source of, 10 , 24 , 27 , 67 , 68 , 76 , 77 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 88 , 94

  definition of, 67 , 351

  implementation of, 24 –25, 26 , 66 , 67 –89, 126 , 134 , 139 , 217 , 276 , 285

  mapping of, 77 , 78 , 80

  muda and, 82 , 86 , 90

  perfection and, 85 , 92 , 94

  punch presses, 135 , 149

  PW2037 engine, 163

  PW4084 engine, 165

  P&W J-57 engine, 160

  P&W JT3 engine, 160

  P&W JT8D engine, 160 , 163 , 164

  P&W JT9D engine, 366 n

  Q-Plus Management, 165

  Quality Circles, 242

  Quality Function Deployment (QFD), 9 , 54 , 140 –41, 147 , 249 , 349 , 351

  queue time, 351

  Rales, Mitchell, 111 , 130

  Rales, Steve, 111 , 130

  rearview mirrors, 215 –16

  recessions, 305 , 311 , 327 , 336 –37

  recycling, 38 , 42 , 43

  reengineering movement, 23 –24, 28 , 55 , 97 , 249 , 252

  Regional Distribution Centers (RDCs), 45 –47, 359 n

  rental car industry, 287 , 293 –94

  Rentschler, Frederick, 154

  retail formats, innovations in, 310

  retirement, 140

  retrofitting, 110

  Reutter, 190

  reverse auctions, 327

  revolution, institutionalizing of, 313 –37

  rework, 51 , 53 , 54 , 107 , 120 , 160 , 193 –94, 227 , 292

  Rich, Nick, 37 n

  “road warriors,” 305

  robotics, 28 , 232 , 243

  roll carriages, 102 –3

  rolling mills, 40 , 42 –43, 44 , 135 , 149

  Rolls-Royce, 152 , 161 , 180 , 306 , 373 n

  Rolls-Royce RB211–535 engine, 163

  Rother, Mike, 316 , 327 , 374 n , 375 n

  Ryerson, 145

  Saab, 373 n

  sales:

  action plan for, 254 , 256 , 259 , 262

  bonuses in, 56 , 58

  commissions for, 29

  department for, 10

  forecasts of, 24 , 252

  level selling in, 81 –82, 235 , 349 –50

  order processing and, 54 –56

  tracking of, 45 –46

  volume of, 35 –36

  scale economies, 17 , 44 , 49 , 106 , 146 , 232

  Schonberger, Richard, 374 n

  Schrempp, Juergen, 217

  Scott, Bob, 67 –68, 72 , 73 , 75 , 76 , 83

  scrap, 26 , 27 , 43 , 52 , 92 –93, 137 , 202 , 244

  Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream (Jones and Womack), 327 , 375 n

  Senge, Peter, 88 , 369 n

  seniority, 172 , 179

  sensei , 69 –71, 128 –30, 169 , 201 –5, 234 , 249 –50, 253 , 254 , 256 , 268 , 269 –70, 314 –15, 322 , 339 , 351 , 361 n , 371 n

  ser
vices, 11 , 36 , 46 , 51 , 52 , 187 , 259 , 286 –87, 294

  Sewell, Carl, 29

  Seyler, Judy, 131 , 132 –33

  shareholders, 16 , 138 , 144

  Sharma, Anand, 115 , 117 , 338

  Shingijutsu, 169 , 182 , 201 , 221 , 338

  Shingo, Shigeo, 23 , 243 , 249 , 368 n , 374 n

  shipment dates, 55 , 71 , 73

  shoe manufacturing, 332 –33, 335

  Shook, John, 316 , 327 , 374 n , 375 n

  “shop hours,” 151 , 169

  Showa Manufacturing Company, 219 –30

  batch-and-queue mode used by, 220 , 222 , 225 –26

  change agents for, 220 –24

  Chinese subsidiary of, 228 , 230

  cost reductions by, 226 , 227

  creative crisis in, 219 –21

  final assembly in, 222

  inventory of, 220 , 222 , 224 , 229

  layoffs by, 220 , 233

  lean production in, 221 –30, 246 , 338

  machines used by, 222

  management of, 222

  market share of, 224 , 228 , 229 , 230

  order processing by, 227 –28, 23 0

  product development by, 222 , 225 –27, 230 , 252 , 259 , 276

  production layout of, 220 , 223

  Production Research Department of, 223 , 226

  productivity in, 222 , 224 , 229

  product teams in, 225 –28, 230

  profits of, 229

  reorganization of, 225 –26, 230

  sales of, 224 , 225 , 229

  suppliers of, 244

  value stream in, 228

  shrink-wrapping, 102

  shusa system, 234 –35, 237 –38, 352

  Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), 352 , 361 n

  single-point billing, 287

  Sloan, Alfred P., Jr., 302 , 373 n

  smelters, 39 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44

  Snecma, 163

  Southwest Airlines, 19 , 288

  Spaghetti Chart, 104 , 352

  specialization, 50 , 54 , 141 –42

  Srock, Rainer, 212

  stagnation, economic, 27 –28

  stamping presses, 68 , 69 –70

  standard-cost accounting, 60 , 136 , 352

  steel, 59 , 71 , 84 , 85 , 145 , 156 , 193 , 227 , 241

  stereolithography, 87

  stockers, 72 –73, 75 , 82 , 83

  stock-outs, 45 , 291

  storage bins, 72 , 75 –76, 77 , 79 , 110

  stretch-wrapping, 41 , 102 –3, 112 , 121 , 123

  subcontractors, 26 , 29

  Suburu, 373 n

  supermarkets, 37 –49

  suppliers:

  action plan for, 248 , 249 , 252 , 265 –67, 268 , 270 , 327 –32, 371 n –72 n

  first-tier, 26 , 46 –47, 59 , 194 , 214 , 235 –36, 237 , 239 , 241 , 243 , 267 , 268

  in lean enterprise, 277 , 280 , 282

  marginal, 140

  margins of, 16 , 282

  reduction of, 140 , 143 , 144 –45, 173 , 179 –80, 244

 

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