M32
LEAN PRODUCTION: Innovations in
Manufacturing and Product Development
with Dr. Daniel Roos (MIT)
5 videotapes, 270 minutes
English
$560
This video course teaches managers the principles of "Lean Production" and why it is superior to mass production in all manufacturing industries. Lean Production leads to dramatic simultaneous benefits in improved quality, productivity, cost, and rapid response to customer demand.
Lean Production combines the advantages of craft and mass production. The lean producer continually pursues zero defects, zero inventories, and endless product variety. No producer may ever reach these goals, but the endless quest for perfection makes lean production endlessly dynamic.
Lean Production involves every phase of the manufacturing process:
Topics covered include:
Tape 1: Principles of Lean Production
Systemic principles on work organization and processes that are the bases
of the lean production system.
Tape 2: Manufacturing Practice
How to achieve superior productivity and quality on the factory floor.
Tape 3: Product Development by Michael Cusumano*
How to shorten and improve the product development cycle, achieve product
diversity at efficient
production scale.
Tape 4: Coordinating the Supply Chain
How to restructure relationships between assemblers and suppliers.
Developing a distribution system with minimum delivery delays and maximum
customer interaction.
How to locate corporate facilities which are responsive to global needs.
Diffusing Lean Production
How companies can adopt lean production principles
The Post National Lean Enterprise.
Tape 5: Experiences with Lean Production
Discussions with management and labor leaders examining their experiences
with lean production
techniques.
This 5-volume videotape set comes complete with one (1) Video Course Program Guide.
*Michael Cusumano specializes in strategic management and product development. He has also conducted extensive research in the computer software and automobile industries.