Time Out: Using Visible Pull Systems to Drive Process Improvement

by Wayne K. Smith

Book Overview

Time Out introduces a revolutionary process, Visible Pull, for integrating the new world-class management tools aimed at cycle time reduction, quality improvement, and optimum customer service. Many leading companies--DuPont, Union Carbide, and International Specialty Chemicals--have seen significant benefits from its application. Typical benefits have included a 10 to 20 percent gain in capacity, a 30 to 40 percent reduction in inventory, a 50 percent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471192147
• ISBN13: 9780471192145
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"