Thin Air
How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives
Dann Anthony Maurno
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Louis Sirico
San Jose, California, USA
ISBN: 978-1-4398-0439-1, May 2010, 251 pp.
This volume proposes practices and paradigms to help readers integrate Lean's culture
of continuous process improvement with wireless technology. It discusses the
application of a wide range of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, RFID, wireless
sensor networks, real-time location systems, and global positioning systems. It
addresses the modernization of infrastructure, the elimination of costly hardware
and redundant equipment, the facilitation of e-Kanban, and the provision of realtime
visibility. Drawing on success stories from American Apparel, the US Postal Service, Ford, Boeing, and
Motorola, the text includes access to a Lean Wireless ROI Calculator that readers can use to calculate estimated
savings in labor and excess capacity.