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02819cam a2200361Ia 4500 001 854E75562AF611DEB0402C07A8D7520A 005 20200118010508 008 980709s1998 oru 000 0 eng d 010 $a 97031995 020 $a 9781563271731 020 $a 1563271737 035 $a (OCoLC)39456105 040 $a EYZ $c EYZ $d SILO $d OCL $d NIU $d SILO 245 0 $a Becoming lean : $b inside stories of U.S. manufacturers / $c Jeffrey K. Liker, editor. 260 $a Portland, Or. : $b Productivity Press, $c c1998. 300 $a xvii, 535 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: bringing lean back to the U.S.A. / Jeffrey K. Liker -- Bringing the Toyota production system to the United States : a personal perspective / John Y. Shook -- Japanese education and its role in kaizen / Jennifer Yukiko Orf -- Lean manufacturing practices at small and medium-sized U.S. parts suppliers-- does it work? / Steven F. Rasch -- Transforming a plant to lean in a large, traditional company : Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems, GM / Daniel Woolson, Mike A. Husar -- Making leather leaner : the Garden State Tanning story / Sean G. Traynor -- Learning about lean systems at Freudenberg-NOK : where continuous improvement is a way of life / Joseph C. Day -- The Donnelly production system : lean at Grand Haven / Jeffrey K. Liker and Keith Allman -- Implementing lean manufacturing at Gelman Sciences, Inc. / Matthew J. Zayko, Walton M. Hancock, and Douglas J. Broughman -- Cedar Works : making the transition to lean / Bill Costantino -- Operational excellence : a manufacturing metamorphosis at Western Geophysical Exploration Products / Mark F. McGovern and Brian J. Andrews -- 505 0 $a The successes and failures of implementing continuous improvement programs : cases of seven automotive parts suppliers / Thomas Y. Choi -- Lean production-- the challenge of multidimensional change / George Koenigsaecker -- Crossroads : which way will you turn on the road to lean? / Mike Rother -- Conclusion : what we have learned about becoming lean / Jeffrey K. Liker. 650 0 $a Manufacturing industries $z United States $x Management. $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Automobile industry and trade $z United States $x Management. $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Manufacturing industries $x Management. $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Automobile industry and trade $x Management $v Case studies. 700 1 $a Liker, Jeffrey K. 939 $a 3706670 941 $a 5 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305024643.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116113347.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160818055627.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=854E75562AF611DEB0402C07A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b NIU 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search