Improving Business Performance With Lean, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Bradley, James Robert

• Publisher: Business Expert Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 272
• Series: Supply and operations management collection
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Lean was first applied in manufacturing, arguably evolving out of the Toyota Production System, it is now applied widely to service and administrative processes as well. Lean, in comparison with other business improvement processes such as Six Sigma, relies on intuitive concepts rather than complex mathematics. Thus, a short, non-technical, understandable, and engaging text can successfully convey the essential principles of Lean and empower the reader. Besides describing the concepts of Lean, plentiful examples and brief case studies illustrate the application of Lean in different contexts including manufacturing, healthcare, food service, administrative processes, distribution, and retail. Besides giving a clear idea of how to apply Lean in various contexts, the examples illustrate which Lean tools are most appropriate in the various contexts

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 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.

✦ Subjects

Lean manufacturing. Business logistics. Physical distribution of goods -- Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior continuous improvement efficiency lead time reduction