Lean Assembly: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Assembly Operations Flow

Lean Assembly: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Assembly Operations Flow
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  • Publisher : Productivity Press; 1st edition (2 October 2002)
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover : 296 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1563272636
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1563272639
  • Item Weight : 544 g
  • Dimensions : 15.88 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
  • Country of Origin : India

With examples drawn from aerospace, electronics, household appliance, personal products, and automotive industries, Lean Assembly covers the engineering of assembly operations through:

  • Characterizing the demand in terms of volume by product and product family, component consumption, seasonal variability and life cycle.
  • Matching the physical structure of the shop floor to the demand with the goal of approaching takt-driven production as closely as possible.
  • Working out the details of assembly tasks station by station, including station sizing, tooling, fixturing, operator instructions, part presentation, conveyance between stations, and the geometry of assembly lines as a whole.
  • Incorporating mistake-proofing, successive inspection, and test operations for quality assurance.

    Lean Assembly differs from most other books on lean manufacturing in that it focuses on technical content as a driver for implementation methods. The emphasis is on exactly what should be done. This book should be the "dog-eared" and "penciled-in" resource on every assembly engineer's desk.

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