Lean Basics - The Shopfloor Series

We are going all-out this quarter and recommending the 16 books comprising the Shopfloor Series published by Productivity Press!

This Shingo Prize-winning series takes materials from classic productivity texts and condenses the tools of Lean Manufacturing into an easy-to-read format using Shopfloor language and helpful illustrations.

Supervisors, production workers, maintenance technicians, engineers and managers alike love these books because they provide an understanding of key manufacturing principles that can be shared with others on the floor as well as in the classroom. Take a look at this line-up!

Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor
Covers every type of waste generating event, policy, and mindset and provides tools to effectively eliminate them.

5S for Operators
Describes workplace organization methods, the starting point for any frontline improvement activity.

Standard Work for the Shopfloor
Learn how to begin with an improvement baseline, establishing activities and sequences of steps to minimize waste and maximize performance.

Just-in-Time for Operators
Shares lean manufacturing principles of waste reduction, inventory control, cell layout, and support techniques.

Pull Production for the Shopfloor
Designed for operators, supervisors, and plant managers who want to gain basic knowledge needed to understand, plan and implement this lean tool.

Kanban
Provides Shopfloor personnel with the information needed to understand, plan, and implement Kanban.

Quick Changeover for Operators
Features Shingo’s SMED approach for shortening set-ups and boosting manufacturing flexibility.

Cellular Manufacturing
Introduces production teams to cellular manufacturing concepts and prepares them to help to design new cells.

Mistake-Proofing for Operators
Introduces poka-yoke methods for preventing defects by monitoring process conditions at the source.

Autonomous Maintenance for Operators
Introduces operators to equipment maintenance and motivates them to take ownership of their equipment.

TPM for Supervisors
Gives supervisors a practical and to-the-point understanding of the benefits of TPM and their role in making it successful.

TPM for Every Operator
Focuses on basic TPM principles, autonomous maintenance, and safety.

OEE for Operators
Makes the concepts of Overall Equipment Effectiveness, a critical TPM measure, accessible to shopfloor workers

TPM Team Guide
Emphasizes integration of TPM with production management. Perfect for supervisors, operators, facilitators, and trainers.

Kaizen for the Shopfloor
Demonstrates the critical steps in an effective kaizen event – one that is well-planned, well- implemented, and well-documented.

Focused Equipment Improvement for TPM Teams
Gives your TPM teams a powerful framework for further improving equipment performance.

The list price is $25 for each book. They can be ordered from Productivity Press by phone at 800-394-6286 or online at www. productivitypress.com. Contact Bob Wrona at TDO if you’d like to preview any of these books before ordering.