Race without a Finish Line; Continuous Improvement, Waste Elimination, Customer-Focused Quality; Fundamentals of Continuous Improvement; Value Added and Waste Elimination; Customer-Focused Quality; Elements of Lean Production; Small Lot Production; Setup-Time Reduction; Maintaining and Improving Equipment; Pull Production Systems; Focused Factories and Group Technology; Workcells and Cellular Manufacturing; Standard Work; Quality at the Source and Mistake-Proofing; Production Preparation Process, 3P; Lean Production Planning, Control, and Supply Chains; Uniform Flow and Mixed-Model Scheduling; Synchronizing and Balancing the Process; Planning and Control in Pull Production; Lean Production in the Supply Chain; Lean Management System; Daily Management; Strategy Deployment
John Nicholas is professor of operations management at Loyola
University Chicago where he teaches in the areas of production and
operations management, healthcare management, project management,
and global operations management. He first introduced a course on
lean production at Loyola in 1990. As a management consultant he
has conducted productivity improvement projects and training
programs in process improvement, quality circles, project
management, and teamwork.
He is the author of numerous academic and technical trade
publications and four books, including The Portal to Lean
Production: Principles and Practices for Doing More with Less and
Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology:
Principles and Practices.
Prior to Loyola John held the positions of test engineer and team
lead for Lockheed/Martin Corporation, senior business analyst at
Bank of America, and research associate at Argonne National
Laboratory. He has a BS in aerospace engineering and an MBA in
operations research and management, both from the University of
Illinois, and a PhD in industrial engineering and applied science
from Northwestern University.
"In the outpouring of writings on Lean production, the single work that tells it all and tells it well is this book by John Nicholas."-- Richard J. Schonberger, author of Japanese Manufacturing Techniques; World Class Manufacturing; World Class Manufacturing Casebook; Building a Chain of Customers; and Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement.
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