The Newsletter of Lean Manufacturing Strategy
17
February
2004
www.strategosinc.com
Low-Volume/High-Variety
Workcells
Last
fall several issues explored how Cellular Manufacturing and Group
Technology smoothed the flow in low-volume/high variety job shops. The Society
of Manufacturing Engineers has just published an expanded and
revised version of those articles.
If
you missed these issues of Lean Briefing or would like to see a new
case study go to Lean
Directions, SME's online newsletter. The
entire issue is devoted to this topic.
In
addition, you may purchase an electronic copy of my book
"Facilities and
Workplace Design." It contains a revised and updated Chapter 4 on
workcells and explains all aspects of workcell design.
Lean
Accounting and Finance
We
are also wrapping up our Lean
Accounting & Finance series with a new page that comments on Micro-Costing,
Inventory Cost and Non-Financial
Metrics. In addition, this entire series is available for download
in a single convenient ZIP file.
Our
next issue looks at Value Stream and Process mapping with
guidance new material on where and how to use these powerful analysis and
paradigm-shifting tools. See you then.
Quarterman
Lee
q@strategosinc.com
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