Handbook of Lean Manufacturing in the Food Industry

The National Centre for Food Manufacturing.

About the author.

Acknowledgements.

1 The food industry.

2 First steps to Lean Manufacturing.

3 Teamwork and the development of solutions.

4 Starting to measure and quantify performance.

5 Applying workplace organisation in the food industry.

6 Improving flexibility and responsiveness.

7 Improving what we do.

8 Improving how we do things.

9 Planning the operation.

10 Start of shift meetings.

11 The seven wastes in the food industry.

12 How can we make machines work better?

13 How can we let people contribute more?

14 How good are we?

Appendix 1.

Appendix 2.

Appendix 3.

Index.