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...provides a nice balance between lean philosophies and concepts, as well as guidance and examples. The content enables operations managers to gain an understanding of basic ideas and principles, and it is detailed enough that process engineers and lean practitioners can learn specific applications of the various tools. If you work in the process industry and want to make improvements to your lean manufacturing operations, Lean for the Process Industries is highly recommended. --Janice M. Gullo, CFPIM, CSC writing in APICS magazine, July/August 2010 King has done a masterful job of describing the application of lean concepts and tools, which originated in discrete part and assembly operations, to the process industries. His book will become the handbook for lean practitioners in those industries. --Ted Brown, Lean Competency Champion, DuPont Operations & Supply Chain Center of Competency King truly understands Lean Manufacturing and the intricacies of applying Lean tools in the process industries; he has mastered the theory and the application of Lean. -- Douglas R. Kroeger, past president, IIE Process Industries Division; manufacturing manager, Nestl Nutrition This book is a must-read for Lean practitioners in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other process industries. -- Tom Knight, founder and chief strategy officer, Invistics Corporation King does a wonderful job blending the complementary aspects of Lean and the theory of constraints in an integrated approach specific to a continuous process flow environment. -- Jeff Oelke, program director, Operations Management Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Peter L. King is the president of Lean Dynamics, LLC, a manufacturing improvement consulting firm located in Newark, Delaware. Prior to founding Lean Dynamics, Pete spent 42 years with the DuPont Company, in a variety of control systems, manufacturing systems engineering, Continuous Flow Manufacturing, and Lean Manufacturing assignments. That included 18 years applying Lean Manufacturing techniques to a wide variety of products, including sheet goods like DuPont™ Tyvek®, Sontara®, and Mylar®; fibers such as nylon, Dacron®, Lycra®, and Kevlar®; automotive paints; performance lubricants; bulk chemicals; adhesives; electronic circuit board substrates; and biological materials used in human surgery. On behalf of DuPont, Pete has consulted with key customers in the processed food and carpet industries. Pete retired from DuPont in 2007, leaving a position as Principal Consultant in the Lean Center of Competency. Recent clients have included producers of sheet goods, lubricants and fuel additives, vitamins and nutritional supplements, and polyethylene and polypropylene pellets. Pete received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, graduating with honors. He is Six Sigma Green Belt certified (DuPont, 2001), Lean Manufacturing certified (University of Michigan, 2002), and is a Certified Supply Chain Professional (APICS, 2010). He is a member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, APICS, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He served as president of IIE’s Process Industry Division in 2009–2010. Pete is the author of Lean for the Process Industries—Dealing with Complexity (Productivity Press, 2009), and several published articles on the application of Lean concepts to process operations. He is the co-author of The Product Wheel Handbook—Creating Balanced Flow in High Mix Process Operations

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