November 2001

December 2001

A descriptions of why and how teams work and the mix of personalities that achieves the best performance.

(Order from Picsie by fax: (01280) 815 023 )
 
The reference guide to the tools and techniques of lean operation and lean enterprise. Excellent read-across to how you organise product development - an essential reference.

(Order from Cranfield by phone: (01234) 754 108
 or from Westfield Publishing by fax: (01788) 822 040
 price: £60 / $120)
 
A workbook on how you avoid top level turf wars that would otherwise hinder your company from working in project teams. It has been developed by installing the techniques at a number of companies. You resolve problems with full team-working across all functions. Any company can use it to install the processes effectively, using the lessons learned by others who faced and overcame the problems.

(Order direct from the Manufacturing Awareness Ltd website)

This working manual assists companies on their journey to becoming world class by explaining in detail the lean practices you need to adopt and exactly how you put them into place. Written by a lean practitioner of many years experience, it is aimed at small to medium sized companies. The manual and accompanying PowerPoint presentation - both available on CD-ROM - cover 24 modules from identifying waste, through implementing lean manufacturing techniques to six-sigma.

(Order direct from Westfield Publishing by phone: (01788) 822 313
 price: £58 /$116)
 
A step by step management guide to the total business process of developing products. Sets out exactly what you do, and the order you do it, to plan your product development strategy, your programme, put it into action and manage its progress to make sure you hit every target.

A workbook on how you analyse “value streams” to help you analyse where you waste effort, on your way to implementing the Toyota production system. Can be applied to any process, whether production or administrative.

A description of how you put in place the key detail of what has come to be known as the Toyota Production System. An excellent source work on exactly what it is and how it operates: the classic and definitive source guide. Use it conjunction with Rother and Shook above.

A description of how companies who have applied the Toyota Production System and related good practice have radically cut their costs and gained market share. Read this book first.

The results of a five-year world-wide programme based at MIT comparing the operating practices of car makers, showing how the Toyota Production System leads the way in commercial success. Of particular interest to those producing products in quantity.