{"product_id":"lean-for-the-process-industries-dealing-with-complexity","title":"Lean for the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity","description":"Compared to its widespread implementation across almost all areas of production, Lean improvement efforts lag within the process industries. While, a number of innovators have successfully applied Lean principles to these industries over the last two decades, most of those pioneering efforts were never recorded to guide the improvement efforts of others.\n\nDrawing on 40 years of application experience at one of the world’s largest chemical and materials manufacturers, Peter King corrects this void by providing the first comprehensive resource written explicitly for change agents within the process industries. Focusing on areas where the improvement needs of the process industry differ from parts assembly manufacturing,\n\nLean for the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity –\nCovers each of the eight wastes commonly described in Lean literature, looking at how they manifest themselves in process operations\n\nExplains how to adapt value stream mapping for process operations\n\nShows how to identify the root causes of bottlenecks, and systemically eliminate them\n\nProvides process-oriented modifications that will enhance the usefulness of Cellular Manufacturing, Heijunka Production Leveling, and Pull Replenishment Systems\n\nDiscusses the role of process operations management in a Lean strategy\n\nWhether you are manufacturing consumer products such as foods, paints, and pharmaceuticals, or materials such as bulk chemicals, sheet goods, and synthetic fibers, this book shows you how to achieve that enviable level of performance where continual improvement becomes inherent to your processes.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1420078518\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1420078518.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:King, Peter L.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42997142421565,"sku":"BVV.1420078518.A","price":8.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1420078518-0.jpg?v=1771363640","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/lean-for-the-process-industries-dealing-with-complexity","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}