Bookshelf: JIT Implementation Manual: The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing, Second Edition

May 17, 2009

By Hiroyuki Hirano, Productivity Press Div., The Taylor and Francis Group, 2009, Six volume set $199.95, individual volumes $39.95 each, 1,051 pages total

John Teresko

Are you implementing a just-in-time strategy? The second edition of Hirano's JIT Implementation Manual offers step-by-step guidance. Each of the six volumes in the set is dedicated to an aspect of JIT implementation.

Individual volumes may be purchased. The range of topics:

Volume 1 -- The Just-in-Time Production System
Volume 2 -- Waste and the 5S's
Volume 3 -- Flow Manufacturing, Changeover and Quality Assurance
Volume 5 -- Standardized Operations, Jidoka and Maintenance/Safety
Volume 6 -- JIT Implementation Forms and Charts

The six-volume presentation includes more than 200 illustrations, checklists, charts, diagrams and sample JIT management forms. The forms, in reproducible hard copy and on CD, cover all the essential tools of just-in-time, including a complete diagnostic tool.

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