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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Main Author: Bradley, James R. (James Robert) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2015.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Supply and operations management collection.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.