The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence
A Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence
Larry E. Fast
ISBN: 978-1-4398-7604-6, October 2011, c. 344 pp.
Written for operations and manufacturing leaders and supervisors, this book
explains how to implement and sustain a top-down, comprehensive strategy for
manufacturing excellence. The text's comprehensive approach provides guidance
on cultivating the right culture through leadership and mentoring. The author
guides readers along the path to achieving organization alignment, both vertically
and horizontally, across the entire structure of their organization. He provides readers
with a method for tracking progress-plant by plant, and function by function.
Examples of a communication plan and training plan are also included.