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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Baudin, Michel. Lean assembly : the nuts and bolts of making assembly operations flow/ by Michel Baudin.      p. cm.

TS155 .B34 2002

658.5'1--dc21

06 05 04 03 02 5 4 3 2 1

To Kei Abe, mentor and friend.

About the Author:

Since 1987, Michel Baudin has consulated for such clients as Honda of America, Dell Computer, Unilever, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and National Semiconductor. His prior experience includes serving as director of the Menlo Park Technology Center of Teknekron Corporation, giving technical support for CIM installations in Japan on behalf of Consilium Corporation, designing the MS/X OnTime production scheduler marketed by Tyecin Systems, and implementing the OPT scheduling system in two General...