Improving business performance with Lean /
This book is a concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools used in the Lean method for improving business processes. It constitutes a sufficient toolkit to enable practitioners to quickly start using Lean to improve business processes in their workplace. Alternatively, it can also serve...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Business Expert Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Supply and operations management collection.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. A brief introduction to Lean
- Part I. Basics of Lean
- 2. The motivation for implementing Lean
- 3. A framework for applying Lean
- 4. How to map and analyze a process
- 5. The need for reduced variation in processes
- Part II. Lean tools
- 6. Simplify and streamline
- 7. Standardize
- 8. Visual systems
- 9. Mistake-proof processes and product designs
- 10. Synchronize
- 11. Collocate
- 12. Reduce changeover time
- Part III. Implementing Lean
- 13. Successful implementation of Lean
- 14. Conclusions and summary
- Part IV. Practice
- 15. Exercises
- 16. Case studies
- Appendix. The effect of variation on Kanban systems
- Notes
- References
- Index.