Description
The goal of Lean is to Identify and eliminate nonessential and nonvalue-adding steps in the business processes to streamline operations, improve quality, and gain customer loyalty. Implementation of Lean technologies for many prestigious Fortune 500 as well as smaller companies has netted larger profit margins, higher quality products, and services, improved employee engagement, increased customer satisfaction, and lower operating costs. The return on investment regarding Lean initiatives has been stellar. This book introduces basic Lean rules and principles in a variety of simulated case studies drawn from the author's professional experiences as a Lean coach, trainer, and manager. In each instance, the author presents a different scenario for implementing Lean technologies.
In this book, you will learn about:
-- Lean thinking.
-- Lean mindset.
-- The four Lean rules and five Lean principles.
-- The Lean transformation roadmap.
-- Lean leadership
-- Five common Lean pitfalls and how to avoid them
-- Kaizen workshops
-- Daily improvements and Kata.
About the Author
Bill Artzberger, PMP, LSSBB, is the managing partner at the Lean Learning Center. He specializes in Lean Manufacturing, Innovation, Lean Health Care, Leadership, and Project Management.
He has over thirty-five years of experience in real-world senior management, including CIO, VP, President, and CEO. He has worked with thousands of individuals from the boardroom to the shop floor, in virtually all sectors of industry. Bill holds two patents and brings extensive project management, lean manufacturing, and information technology experience to The Lean Learning Center. He has been published dozens of times and is a co-author of the top-selling Lean book Driving Operational Excellence and the author of Powering the Lean Enterprise. He is also an associate professor at Oakland University and a member of the OU Pawley Center advisory board.
He has successfully implemented lean improvement projects in dozens of companies throughout the world. Bill is an expert in the usage of lean techniques such as value stream mapping, error proofing, quick changeover, kaizens, kanban systems, 5 S, and visual pull systems. He has taught hundreds of lean process classes and is an expert at driving large-scale operational change programs.
- Publisher : Productivity Pr; 1st edition (1 November 2024)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 216 pages
- ISBN-13 : 9781032830315
- Item Weight : 395 g
- Dimensions : 17.8 x 1.27 x 25.4 cm
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