Andy & Me
Subtitle: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781439838051
Subjects: Literature; Business; Production management; Production control; Just-in-time systems; Manufacturing processes; Fiction
Description: 2006 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota's master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy & Me is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas, the plant manager. The situations, characters and plant politics will ring true with many readers. In a cool, readable style, Andy & Me follows Tom's relationship with Andy Saito, a reclusive, retired Toyota guru whom Tom persuades to help save his plant through the teaching of the legendary Toyota Product.
Notes: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; The Author; Chapter 1: "We'll Have to Close Some Plants."; Chapter 2: Looking for Mr. Saito; Chapter 3: Finding a Sensei; Chapter 4: Sincere Mind; Chapter 5: Henry Ford's Vision; Chapter 6: Walking the Plant; Chapter 7: Continuing the Tour; Chapter 8: Needs More Work; Chapter 9: Understanding Zone Control; Chapter 10: Time Out at the Blue Giraffe; Chapter 11: Making Our Video; Chapter 12: Kickoff; Chapter 13: Big Heart; Chapter 14: The Money Board; Chapter 15: A Night in Astoria; Chapter 16: Visual Management.

Chapter 17: The River and the RocksChapter 18: People Make the Difference; Chapter 19: "No Problem" Is a Problem; Chapter 20: Developing Early Warning Systems; Chapter 21: The Valley of Darkness; Chapter 22: Learning about the Help Line; Chapter 23: The Efficiency of Pull Systems; Chapter 24: Stupid Meanness; Chapter 25: The Frog, the Scorpion, and the Nightingale; Chapter 26: Grapefruit Moon; Glossary; Bibliography; Back Cover.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; The Author; Chapter 1: "We'll Have to Close Some Plants."; Chapter 2: Looking for Mr. Saito; Chapter 3: Finding a Sensei; Chapter 4: Sincere Mind; Chapter 5: Henry Ford's Vision; Chapter 6: Walking the Plant; Chapter 7: Continuing the Tour; Chapter 8: Needs More Work; Chapter 9: Understanding Zone Control; Chapter 10: Time Out at the Blue Giraffe; Chapter 11: Making Our Video; Chapter 12: Kickoff; Chapter 13: Big Heart; Chapter 14: The Money Board; Chapter 15: A Night in Astoria; Chapter 16: Visual Management.