Liquid Lean: Developing Lean Culture in the Process Industries

Liquid industries, including reactive chemical factories, petroleum and metal refining, food and bio-pharma production are ones that could make great use of the concepts of Lean. However, Lean manufacturing is not widely used in these industries, largely because they are naturally conservative and thanks to the times, more financially stable than most, so great case stories of successful Lean implementation are rare. This book will be the first to offer details and examples of adapting Lean manufacturing to liquid industries. It will be based on more than twenty years of industry experience from the legendary Raymond Floyd, one of the first to successfully practice Lean in the chemical industry.