Lean Manufacturing in Build to Order, Complex and Variable Environments (Lean Transformation)

A business that can provide exactly what its customers want at a competitive price, and do so when its customers want delivery, will have an insurmountable advantage over competition that cannot. That’s why from oil rigs to trucks customized for specific purposes, from large scale HVAC systems and ship engines to houses and airplanes, this book will create a new playing field for leaders of companies who wish to offer customers complex products that are built to order. The authors show and tell how it is not necessary to move production offshore to achieve lower costs and at the same time produce products customized for specific needs. And they explain how quality and speed of delivery will simultaneously be enhanced by using lean manufacturing techniques. No wonder this book a must read for anyone involved in manufacturing in today.

The authors are leaders of J. L. Larco & Associates, a firm specializing in Lean manufacturing, serving clients in the US, Europe, South America and Far East. This is their third book. One, Lean Transformation, translated into half a dozen languages with more than 75,000 in print, is required reading for Lean certification by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.