Creating Mixed Model Value Streams

This second edition of a bestseller includes key updates to sections on mixed model value streams. It introduces new information on how to construct product family matrices and expands the concept of takt in mixed model. This volume also contains a completely new section on handling shared resources to support mixed model production. The author demonstrates advanced techniques to create flow through shared resources and provides new concepts on sequencing work, such as offset scheduling and sequenced FIFO lanes. He also discusses the concept of a guaranteed turnaround time for the shared resource.