Lean for the Process Industries: Dealing with Complexity
…provides a nice balance between lean philosophies and concepts, as well as guidance and examples. The content enables operations managers to gain an understanding of basic ideas and principles, and it is detailed enough that process engineers and lean practitioners can learn specific applications of the various tools. If you work in the process industry and want to make improvements to your lean manufacturing operations,Lean for the Process Industriesis highly recommended.—Janice M. Gullo, CFPIM, CSC writing in APICS magazine, July/August 2010 King has done a masterful job of describing the application of lean concepts and tools, which originated in discrete part and assembly operations, to the process industries. His book will become the handbook for lean practitioners in those industries.—Ted Brown, Lean Competency Champion, DuPont Operations & Supply Chain Center of CompetencyKing truly understands Lean Manufacturing and the intricacies of applying Lean tools in the process industries; he has mastered the theory and the application of Lean.— Douglas R. Kroeger, past president, IIE Process Industries Division; manufacturing manager, Nestlé NutritionThis book is a must-read for Lean practitioners in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other process industries.— Tom Knight, founder and chief strategy officer, Invistics CorporationKing does a wonderful job blending the complementary aspects of Lean and the theory of constraints in an integrated approach specific to a continuous process flow environment.— Jeff Oelke, program director, Operations Management Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Madison