Lean Factory Design

Design Principles for Lean Production and Logistics Systems
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 979-8-95018400-0
Verlag: Hanser Fachbuchverlag

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

Designing Future-Proof Production and Logistics Systems

This book is intended for anyone seeking to design factories holistically, implement effective change, and operate them sustainably—and who recognizes that isolated lean initiatives and local optimizations are not sufficient. Lean is understood here as a production system that is fundamentally different from the mindset of traditional mass production. The focus is on the factory as an integrated system. Only this perspective makes the structural drivers of cost, performance, and transparency visible. With the Landshut Production System (LPS), the book provides a consistent model that integrates lean as a mindset, system logic, and design approach, while clearly distinguishing between principles, methods, and tools.
It also expands the concept to include lean-compatible automation and complements it with a field-tested Lean Guide: a streamlined, project-oriented methodology in seven clearly structured steps—developed from over 20 years of experience and more than 220 lean projects.

- Lean as an overarching mindset rather than fragmented methods
- Systemic factory perspective “from dock to dock”
- Clear differentiation and integration of principles, methods, and tools (LPS)
- Lean-compatible automation as an extension of the design framework
- Field-tested 7-step methodology for sustainable implementation

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schneider, Markus

Über Autor(innen)

Schneider, Markus
Prof. Dr. Markus Schneider is Professor of Logistics, Materials Management, and Production Management at Landshut University of Applied Sciences, holder of the endowed research professorship for the “Sustainable Production System of the Future,” member of the doctoral research center “Sustainable Production (NITRO)” with the right to award doctoral degrees, Managing Director of PuLL Beratung GmbH, and Academic Director of the PuLL Academy. He served for 16 years as Scientific Director of the PULS Technology Center (Production and Logistics Systems) and its predecessor institutes.