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News Release from: American Technical Publishers
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 November 2002
Making assembly operations flow
A new book from Productivity Press provides readers with a guided tour of lean manufacturing techniques applied to existing or newly designed assembly facilities.
A new book from Productivity Press, "Lean assembly: the nuts and bolts of making assembly operations flow", provides readers with a guided tour of lean manufacturing techniques applied to existing or newly designed assembly facilities The book is unique in that it is not organised around a single concept such as standard work or 5S, but around the needs of assembly operations
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The techniques described are intended to be used by the actual engineers and managers working in factories today.
The author, Michel Baudin, illustrates improvements with photographs and provides factory personnel engaged in lean initiatives with ideas, solutions, and analytical tools.
The reader will learn how to analyse and design assembly systems, while working out all of the details involved.
"Lean assembly" is organised into four parts.
It begins by covering the engineering of assembly operations through characterising the demand in terms of volume by product and product family, component consumption, seasonal variability, and life cycle.
It then matches the physical structure of the shop floor to the demand with the goal of approaching task-driven production.
The book also works out the details of assembly tasks station by station, including station sizing, tooling, fixturing, operator instructions, part presentation, conveyance between stations and the geometry of assembly lines as a whole.
It concludes with information about mistake-proofing, successive inspection, and test operations for quality assurance.
"Lean assembly" focuses on technical content as a driver of implementation methods.
The author places emphasis on exactly what should be done, and draws examples from aerospace, electronics, household appliances, personal products, and automotive industries.
Baudin is an experienced implementer of lean techniques having consulted for Honda of America, Dell Computer, Unilever, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and National Semiconductor.
"Lean assembly: the nuts and bolts of making assembly operations flow" is available from American Technical Publishers for GBP 39.00.
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