Flow Production with Throughput Time Management: JIT, Lean Manufacturing, Production Planning and Control in Assembly Lines (KAIZEN in my Pocket)

This book is meant to illustrate the advantages of flow production, bottleneck control and the minimization of buffers. These are accompanied by practical examples of how some internationally renowned organizations have approached and solved particular production problems. This book was "Amazon Bestseller No. 1" in Germany in the category "Procurement, Production & Logistics". English Translation: Kerstin Ross Contents • What should we learn from Toyota? • The traditional point of view • What does it take to be a good material requirements planner? • The supermarket checkout – a great place to gain insights • A jam always occurs at the narrowest point • The bottleneck - there can only be one • Pulling is better than pushing • Flow production – quite simple Andre has published a number of articles and books over the years. Six of his books were “Amazon Best Sellers No 1” in their relevant categories in Germany. His eBook “Selbstmanagement” (self-management) achieved “New Release No 1” in the category “Leadership & Human Resource Management”, while two of his other eBooks were simultaneously at number 1 and number 2 in the category “Procurement, Production and Logistics”. Mike Rother, world-renowned author of books on “Kata”, “The Toyota Production System” and “Value Stream Mapping”, personally congratulated Andre on his 2015 publication of ”Produktionssystem, Fertigungssteuerung, Toyota und Kata”, due to be released in English in 2016.