Download or read book DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS written by Ronald G. Askin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Market_Desc: Management consultants and production control professionals in discrete parts manufacturing (both electronics and mechanical parts industries) Special Features: · Multi-level inventory material· Organized by topic and chronologically.· Covers supply chain integration issues within plant models About The Book: This book covers the design and improvement of single and multistage production systems. Following the standard production planning and scheduling decision hierarchy, it describes the inputs and outputs at each level of the decision hierarchy and one or more decision approaches. The assumptions leading to each approach are included along with the details of the model and the corresponding solution. Modern system concepts and the engineering methods for creating lean production systems are included.