Lean Production: Modern Industrial Engineering

Author: Liu Shengjun
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: As foreign enterprises systematically support and enhance factories they have invested in China, Chinese companies are facing increasing pressure and challenges in terms of efficiency and cost. In response, the best production organization system for efficiency and cost—Lean Manufacturing—has matured both in theory and practice. Chinese enterprises can now implement Lean Manufacturing in sync with world-class factories and compete on equal footing. Compared to traditional mass production, Lean Manufacturing requires only half the personnel, half the production space, half the investment, half the production cycle time, half the product development time, and significantly less inventory to produce higher-quality products with more brands. The characteristics of Lean Manufacturing are eliminating all waste, pursuing continuous improvement, and striving for excellence. The purpose of this book is to encourage those who believe in the effectiveness of Lean to practice it using IE methods and prove it to the world with real data. It is hoped that this book will contribute to the improvement of production management levels in domestic enterprises.