What if your kitchen worked like a factory? Your laundry like a production line? Your morning like a well-run shift?
In The Engineer's Mind: Everyday Applications of Industrial Thinking, bestselling author and Lean expert Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman reveals how the principles of engineering and Lean manufacturing can revolutionize the way we live - not just work.
From cooking and cleaning to planning vacations and managing family life, Soliman turns everyday routines into case studies of flow, efficiency, and clarity. With humor, insight, and practical advice, each chapter applies timeless concepts - like 5S, Just-In-Time, Kanban, and root cause analysis - to real-life challenges.
Whether you're an engineer, a productivity enthusiast, or someone who just loves a more organized life, this book will help you:See your fridge as a supply chain
Turn your laundry into a flow system
Plan better with Gantt charts
Use visual tools for personal goals
Solve household chaos with root cause thinking
Simple. Smart. Transformative. The Engineer's Mind is a field manual for designing a better day.
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Höhe: 203 mm
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Dicke: 6 mm
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979-8-231-77811-9 (9798231778119)
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Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman is an industrial engineer, consultant, university lecturer, operational excellence leader, and author. He works as a lecturer at the American University in Cairo and as a consultant for several international industrial organizations.
Soliman earned a Bachelor's of science in Engineering and a Master's degree in Quality Management. He earned post-graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. He holds numerous certificates in management, industry, quality, and cost engineering.
For most of his career, Soliman worked as a regular employee for various industrial sectors. This included crystal-glass making, fertilizers, and chemicals. He did this while educating people about the culture of continuous improvement. Soliman has more than 15 years of experience and proven track record of achieving high levels of operational excellence to a broad range of business operations including manufacturing, service and healthcare. He has led several improvement projects within leading organizations and defined a lot of savings in the manufacturing wastes stream.
Soliman has lectured at Princess Noura University and trained the maintenance team in Vale Oman Pelletizing Company. He has been lecturing at The American University in Cairo for 8 years and has designed and delivered 40 leadership and technical skills enhancement training modules. In the past 4 years, Soliman's lectures have been popular and attracted a large audience of over 200,000 people according to SlideShare's analysis.. His research is one of the most downloaded works on the Social Science Research Network, which is run by ELSEVIER. His research is one of the most downloaded works on the Social Science Research Network, which is run by ELSEVIER.
Soliman is a senior member at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and a member with the Society for Engineering and Management Systems. He has published more than 60 publications including articles in peer reviewed academic journals and international magazines. His writings on lean manufacturing, leadership, productivity, and business appear in Industrial Engineers, Lean Thinking, Industrial Management, and Sage Publications. Soliman's blog is www.personal-lean.org.
