Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop

by Gary Conner

Book Overview

Biggest selling SME book in years Whether your organization employs 100 or 10, this book give you the sound principles to plan, streamline, and objectively evaluate your enterprise without hiring... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872635201
• ISBN13: 9780872635203
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Now, small manufacturers can reap the profits of Lean

For decades, large manufacturing operations have benefited from Lean Manufacturing principles. Many small, job-shop-type manufacturers try and fail to implement the Lean approach because Lean Manufacturing principles were developed for the large manufacturing environment. Gary Conner has successfully adapted Lean principles to fit the job shop environment and presents them in an enjoyable story that allows the reader to witness the power of Lean. He makes Lean Manufacturing principles understandable, clearly demonstrating how job shops can implement them successfully. I highly recommend this book to small shops wishing to reap the profits of Lean.Verda O. Hinkle, Manufacturing Consultant Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Reveiw by Don Dewar

I have reviewed hundreds of technical books over the years for our magazine. Each gets a letter "grade" of either A, B, C, D, or F. Very few ever get an "A"but Gary Conner's book does and it is well deserved. It is entertaining, believable and loaded with graphics -- an easy, enjoyable and educational read.

A Must Read For Anyone In Manufacturing!

As a Continuous Improvement Technician with many years of mechanical and production experience, I found "Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop" the best guide I have read for the implementation of lean manufacturing principles for any small to medium size manufacturing facility. It's strength lies in its easy to understand principles as well as the examples and instructive aids that can be used in any company. I feel it should be required reading for any manager or facilitator of lean manufacturing. Martin L. Espinola Continuous Improvement Technician Clear Pine Mouldings, Inc

Lean Means

Sometimes when attempting to change processes within a company the intent is there, but you just don't know where to start. Conner's book not only explains Lean Manufacturing, but gives you a virtual checklist of action items to achieve your goal of having a Lean enterprise. The book is rich with illustrations, examples, processes, and stories that will inspire even the cautious to take the plunge! The tools supplied on the CD are invaluable. I look at Lean Manufacturing for the Small Job Shop as a profitable investment as well as an understandable text.

Finally, a readable AND practical book on Lean

It seems that most books out there on lean (and there a lot of them) are either very easy to read but without a lot of details (Lean Thinking) or good information but tough to get through (no names mentioned here!). This book balances the two. The book uses a fictional company for many examples to make it easy to read, yet provides many very practical details for those task with actually implementing lean. It comes with a CD full of presentations (for you to teach others) and spreadsheets (worksheets to give you a jumpstart on implementation.)If you read one book on Lean, this should be it!