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HENRY FORD'S LEAN VISION: ENDURING PRINCIPLES FROM THE By William A. Levinson
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN-10
- 1563272601
- Book Title
- Henry Ford's Lean Vision: Enduring Principles from the First Ford
- Genre
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- ISBN
- 9781563272608
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Productivity Press
ISBN-10
1563272601
ISBN-13
9781563272608
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2359625
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
398 Pages
Publication Name
Henry Ford's Lean Vision : Enduring Principles from the First Ford Motor Plant
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Industries / Automobile Industry, Labor & Industrial Relations, Industrial Management, Production & Operations Management, Quality Control, Business
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2002-011252
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
658
Table Of Content
Introduction What to Expect from this Book Background Resources Chapter by Chapter Overview Chapter 1: Brave New World: Changing How the World Works The Bottom Line: Ford's Results Speak for Themselves Defining Lean Enterprise Ford's Basic Principles Chapter 2: Ford's Principles: The Foundation Natural Law Ford and Eastern Philosophy: The Japanese Connection Continuous Improvement: Kaizen Bringing Win-Win to the Workplace Service Chapter 3: Ford on Labor Relations Management and Labor as Partners No Free Lunch: A Key Concept Human Resource Practices Employee Housing and Stores Chapter 4: Principles for Organizational and Personal Success Persistence Initiative Breaking Down Organizational Barriers Corporate Culture at the Ford Motor Company How the Ford Motor Company Lost Its Culture Chapter 5: Perceiving Genuine Value A Warning to the United States Everything Must Add Value Middlemen Do Not Add Value Advertising as Waste No Free Lunch Chapter 6: Ford on Economics, Government, and Health Care Business Cycles The Stock Market Should Be Irrelevant to National Prosperity The Role of Inexpensive Energy The Role of Government Health Care Chapter 7: Eliminate Waste "Everything But the Squeal" ISO 14000 Is Free Chapter 8: Ford's Factory The Factory and the Worker Continuous Improvement: Kaizen Lean Manufacturing 5S-CANDO Just-In-Time (JIT) Manufacturing and Inventory Reduction Design for Manufacture and Design for Assembly Process Simplification and Improvement Packaging and Delivery Point-of-Use Assembly Occupational Safety Quality Control Chapter 9: Customer and Supplier Relationships Identifying Markets and Creating Demand Pricing Strategy Supply Chain Management Chapter 10: Frederick Winslow Taylor and Scientific Management Did Taylor Influence Ford? Scientific Management, Lean Manufacturing, and Kaizen Blitz Taylor and Motion Efficiency The Truth Behind Taylorism Principles for Change Management An Experimental Design Tragedy Chapter 11: The Influence of Benjamin Franklin Franklin on Waste Franklin on Initiative, Self-Reliance, and Persistence Franklin on Money Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Praise from Industry Week , January 2003 "...In Henry Ford's Lean Vision...Levinson shows how the father of American mass production toiled to eliminate waste, instituted just-in-time delivery of inventory, and applied many other tools now identified with lean..." Japanese manufacturers have made concepts like kaizen (continuous improvement), poka-yoke (error-proofing), and just-in-time famous. When the Japanese began to adopt these techniques from the Ford Motor Company during the early twentieth century, they knew exactly what they were getting: proven methods for mass-producing any product or delivering any service cheaply but well. Henry Ford's methods, however, went well beyond the synergistic and mutually supporting techniques that constitute what we now call lean manufacturing. They included the "soft sciences," the organizational psychology that makes every employee a partner in the drive for success. In Henry Ford's Lean Vision , William A. Levinson draws from Henry Ford's writings, the procedures in his factories, and historical anecdotes about the birth of lean in Japan to show that the philosophy that revolutionized Japanese manufacturing was the same philosophy that grew the Ford Motor Company into a global powerhouse -- and made the United States the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. Levinson reveals how Ford was ahead of other modern visionaries and discusses why the very ideas that made his company such a success were abandoned in his own country, and why they finally found acceptance in Japan. Henry Ford's Lean Vision is a hands-on reference that provides the reader with proven principles and methods that can be applied in any business or service enterprise. It covers all aspects of building and running a successful enterprise, including Ford's principles for human relationships and the management of physical resources.
LC Classification Number
HD6976.A8L485 2002
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