Books

This book demystifies the changeover process and shows you how to:Understand the true cost of downtime and setup inefficienciesApply SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Dies) techniques to drastically cut changeover timesIdentify which steps add value and which can be simplified, standardized, or eliminatedBuild a culture of continuous improvement where operators actively drive setup reduction

Lean Digital Publishing presents a practical, system-level approach to publishing in today’s complex environment. Drawing on lean thinking, operational design, and real-world publishing experience, this book helps authors understand how digital publishing ecosystems actually work — and how to build resilient publishing strategies that adapt to constant change.

Stop failures before they happen—master FMEA the right way.Whether you're designing a product, improving a process, or leading a Six Sigma team, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is one of the most powerful tools you can use to anticipate and prevent risk.This practical guide cuts through the jargon and shows you exactly how to use FMEA effectively—in design, manufacturing, services, and more.

This book simplifies OEE by breaking it down into its three core elements—Availability, Performance, and Quality—and explains how to measure, analyze, and improve them. Building on the proven foundations of Lean and the Toyota Way, it also shows how emerging technologies are transforming OEE into a predictive, real-time system.

Predictive Maintenance strategy employs vibration analysis, thermography analysis, ultrasound analysis, oil analysis and other techniques to improve machine reliability. The goal of the strategy is to provide the stated function of the facility, with the required reliability and availability at the lowest cost.

This book breaks down the logic, design, and practical use of the Kanban system, helping you identify waste, balance supply with demand, and drive continuous improvement across your operations.

Oil analysis is a long-term program that, where relevant, can eventually be more predictive than any of the other technologies. It can take years for a plant's oil program to reach this level of sophistication and effectiveness. This book includes what all practitioners need to know to build an oil analysis program for their machine inspection. This book includes three real case studies and numerous industrial examples to improve machine reliability and enhance the condition monitoring program.

This isn’t just a technical manual — it’s a field-tested, real-world guide designed for the modern maintenance environment.

Want a cleaner, more organized, and more productive workplace? The 5S system is one of Lean’s most powerful tools for eliminating waste, improving safety, and boosting efficiency — and this book shows you exactly how to apply it.

Type two muda does not add value and can be quickly eliminated. An illustration is a process in a process village with disconnected phases that may be swiftly converted into a cell where unnecessary material moves and inventory are no longer necessary. A very small portion of all value-stream activities truly generate value as perceived by the client. The most effective way to boost business performance is to stop doing the numerous unnecessary things.

Written in simple terms with real-world relevance, this book is your starting point for building flow and balancing workloads the Lean way.

Practical Heijunka implementation guidelines featuring Heijunka box and SMED checklists to stabilize production and overcome demand fluctuation. Bring the best of Lean into your factory—make changeovers faster, production smoother, operations more predictable, and customers happier.

What happens when a quality management graduate discovers that the factory floor doesn't care about her degree? A story about standards, survival, and the real cost of poor quality.

Every patient deserves a health system that cannot fail them. Not one that tries hard, but one that is designed to be safe.High Reliability Healthcare gives clinicians, managers, and leaders the conceptual foundation and the practical tools to build exactly that — from quality measurement frameworks and improvement models, to root cause analysis, risk management, and the governance structures that make excellence permanent rather than occasional.Grounded in international evidence and uniquely contextualised for the South African health system by Winnie Moleko and Grace Labadarios, this is the definitive text for anyone serious about healthcare quality.Foreword by Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Deputy Minister of Health, South Africa.261 pages. 11 chapters. Everything you need to lead the transformation.

Most Lean transformations pay a silence tax. Your A3s, huddles, and improvement systems were built to surface problems, and the ones that matter most never make it into the room. People stay quiet because speaking up feels risky, or because they tried before and nothing changed. Those are two different problems, and most organizations only work on the first one. The Silence Tax is about making speaking up both safe and worthwhile. Introduction and Chapters 1 through 7 available now.