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  • Henry Ford's Lean Vision

    Enduring Principles from the First Ford Motor Plant

    by William A. Levinson ...
    Japanese manufacturers have made concepts like kaizen (continuous improvement), poka-yoke (error-proofing), and just-in-time famous. When the Japanese began to adopt these techniques from the Ford Motor Company during the early twentieth century, they knew exactly what they were getting: proven methods for mass-producing any product or delivering any service cheaply but well.Henry Ford's methods, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Lean Management System LMS:2012

    A Framework for Continual Lean Improvement

    by William A. Levinson ...
    The success of a Lean manufacturing program depends far more on organization-wide leverage of Lean manufacturing tools than it does on the tools themselves. To this the organization must add the human relations aspects that earn buy-in and engagement by all members of the workforce, to the extent that workers will react immediately and decisively to the presence of waste.The synergy of the human ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Beyond the Theory of Constraints

    How to Eliminate Variation & Maximize Capacity

    by William A. Levinson ...
    The basic principle of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) is the impossibility of running a balanced factory at 100 percent capacity. Variation in processing and material transfer times is the root cause of longer cycle times and higher inventories, which can hinder the ability to run a factory at full capacity.In Beyond the Theory of Constraints, William Levinson challenges this basic principle by ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Expanded and Annotated My Life and Work

    Henry Ford's Universal Code for World-Class Success

    by William A. Levinson, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther ...
    Henry Ford's industrial innovations were directly responsible for the transformation of the United States into the most productive, affluent, and powerful nation on Earth. My Life and Work describes exactly how Ford did this in terms of not only manufacturing science, but also economics and organizational behavior. This holistic approach, and its v ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Short-Run SPC for Manufacturing and Quality Professionals

    by William A. Levinson ...
    On the manufacturing shop floor, the principle of "value comes from the production of parts rather than charts" crucially applies when using practical statistical process control (SPC). The production worker should need to enter only a sample’s measurements to get immediately actionable information as to whether corrective action (e.g., as defined by a control plan’s reaction plan) is necessary ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The Way of Strategy

    by William A. Levinson ...
    In 1831, General Carl von Clausewitz wrote that business is war. Like war, business is a competition between organizations. The Way of Strategy is the art and science of managing organizations in competitive situations. People, organizations, and management systems win wars and capture market share. In business today, the marketplace is the battlefield. To win, people and systems must deliver ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Reshore Production Now

    How to Rebuild Manufacturing and Restore High Wages, High Profits, and National Prosperity in the USA

    by William A. Levinson ...
    This book addresses the vital importance of reshoring US manufacturing capability to ensure economic and military security and then discusses the proven methods that the United States used to gain manufacturing supremacy in the first place. The vital takeaway is: If the job can be made sufficiently productive, the per-unit labor cost ceases to be relevant which means a business can pay high wages, ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications

    by William A. Levinson ...
    The normal or bell curve distribution is far more common in statistics textbooks than it is in real factories, where processes follow non-normal and often highly skewed distributions. Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications shows how to handle non-normal applications scientifically and explain the methodology to suppliers and custom ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Dictionary of Midnight

    by Abdulla Pashew ...
    Translated by Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse ...
    With a foreword by National Book Award-winning author William T. VollmannDictionary of Midnight collects almost 50 years of poetry by Abdulla Pashew, the most influential Kurdish poet alive today. Pashew's poems chart a personal cartography of exile, recounting the recent political history of Kurdistan and its struggle for independence. Poet-translator Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse worked with the ... Read more

    $9.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Search of Theological Modesty

    Biblical Lessons

    by William Liss-Levinson ...
    The twenty-first century is emerging as a challenging time for people with faith-based traditions who also seek paths of openness to pluralistic voices and streams of spirituality. In Search of Theological Modesty: Biblical Lessons, deeply rooted in traditional Jewish approaches to biblical exegesis, finds new ways to support this commitment to tolerance and respect through examination of key ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies

    Edited by William N. Eskridge, Sanford V. Levinson ...
    The Constitution is the cornerstone of American government, hailed as one of the greatest contributions of the Western Enlightenment. While many seem content simply to celebrate it, those most familiar with the document invariably find it wanting in at least some aspects.This unique volume brings together many of the country's most esteemed constitutional commentators and invites them to answer ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Community Matters

    Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century

    by William A. Galston, Meira Levinson, Jacob T. Levy, Peter Levine, Robert K. Fullinwider, Mick Womersley ...
    Series series Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Studies
    Civic matters affect all members of a community and are thus of potential concern to all. In Community Matters: Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century, six distinguished scholars address three perennial challenges of civic life: the making of a citizen, how citizens are to agree (and disagree), and how to define the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The thought-provoking ... Read more

    $29.99 USD