The Lean Company: Making the Right Choices - Softcover

Jordan Jr., James A.; Michel, Frederick J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872635236 ISBN 13: 9780872635234

Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2001

Synopsis

The Lean Company: Making the Right Choices deals with making sound decisions regarding all facets of your company, from top management to product development to the production line and customer service. This philosophical framework, along with specific recommendations, will give you the roadmap for improving your company's competitiveness.

About this title

About the Author:

James A. Jordan, Jr. is President of NGM Knowledge Systems, offering courses and other consulting services based on the NGM Project. He is an internationally known expert on Enterprise Integration who contributed to many of the initiatives that are presently shaping manufacturing.

Frederick J. Michel is co-founder and Executive Vice President of NGM Knowledge Systems. With more than forty years of experience in program management, product design, manufacturing, and product support, he also participated in the NGM Project. Michel is a board member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Review:

"(It) couldn't be more timely as the manufacturing sector faces unprecedented challenges to perform faster, cheaper and better." -- Saul K. Fenster, President, New Jersey Institute of Technology

"...begins to answer the question: how to extend Lean beyond the manufacturing floor and into the other business sytems." -- Jim Brodie, Director at Donnelly Corporation

"This book should soon become a seminal source of very valuable 'know how' on leading edge world-class manufacturing management." -- Thomas J. Murrin, Duquesne University School of Business

About this edition

• Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0872635236
• ISBN 13: 9780872635234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344