Now available on Amazon, “Lean Management 50-50-20” demonstrates how Accuride successfully applies Lean tools and techniques across its products, processes and partners. This technically advanced, yet practical book offers insights on Accuride’s successful Lean journey. It is written for Lean professionals and senior leaders who have had exposure to Lean tools, techniques and terminology, Accuride says.
The new book was written collaboratively by Accuride’s Jd Marhevko, vice president, Quality and Lean; Mary E. Blair, senior vice president, Supply Chain Management; and Arvind Srivastava, corporate master Black Belt. Accuride says all three have played integral roles in helping to drive Accuride’s successful Lean, Quality and Supply Chain transformation since 2011.
The title summarizes a powerful formula from Accuride’s Lean journey, says Marhevko.
“Based on our experience, on average, achieving a 50 percent reduction in lead time enables our teams to increase productivity by an average of 50 percent and reduce cost-per-unit by an average of 20 percent,” she says. “Our book shows others how they may be able to achieve similar results.”
From 2014 to 2016, four Accuride facilities in North America received AME Excellence Awards from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. Accuride says these AME awards validated that after five years of implementing Lean and adopting common ERP, Quality and Supply Chain systems, Accuride had successfully institutionalized a unified Lean discipline.
A veteran of multiple Lean implementations at four global manufacturers, Accuride President and CEO Rick Dauch encouraged publication of “Lean Management 50-50-20” for its potential to help others improve bottom-line outcomes of their Lean initiatives.
