Value Stream Design The Way Towards a Lean Factory
Value stream design is increasingly asserting itself as the key approach for production optimization, but there has never been a detailed and systematic presentation of the value stream method before – a gap that has now been filled by this book.The autho
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Klaus Erlach
Value Stream Design The Way Towards a Lean Factory
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Author Dr. Klaus Erlach Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA 70569 Stuttgart Germany E-mail: [email protected] www.valuestreamdesign.eu
ISSN 2194-8917 e-ISSN 2194-8925 ISBN 978-3-642-12568-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-12569-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12569-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012945295 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface to English Edition
‘When the course of economy takes an unexpected turn, when instead of the continuous growth which we have become accustomed to, we find ourselves threatened by economic crises associated by us with past ages of laissez-faire capitalism, we naturally blame anything but economic order. Have we not all striven according to our best lights, and have not many of our noblest price winners worked to make this a prosperous world? Have not all our deregulations and beliefs been directed towards greater liberalism, fairness, and privatization? If the outcome is so different from our aims,
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