Lean Management Beyond Manufacturing: A Holistic Approach

✍ Scribed by Sanjay Bhasin (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 300
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Exploring Lean manufacturing in a holistic manner, this book helps organizations to implement Lean principles successfully by offering theoretical, empirical and practical knowledge. It empirically demonstrates how a successful Lean initiative can improve organizational efficiency, and incorporates valuable primary research to substantiate findings. It argues that Lean principles need to be applied throughout the value chain in order to be successful , and suggests that these tools need to be aligned with culture and change management. Chapters examine issues including Lean cultures, impediments to Lean, Lean and performance measurement, and the impact of Lean. Viewing Lean as a never-ending journey, this book provides a valuable resource to practising Lean managers, and specialist researchers and students, and also offers an important reference for organizations embarking on their Lean voyage.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Clarification of the Lean Concept....Pages 11-26
Lean Cultures....Pages 27-50
Lean Process Requirements....Pages 51-102
Impediments to Lean....Pages 103-115
Lean and Performance Management....Pages 117-137
Appropriate Measurement Tools....Pages 139-148
Impact of Lean....Pages 149-160
Gauge the Adoption of Lean Within the: Automobile’s Parts, Electronic, and Small Components Sectors and Understand the Reasons for Any Differences....Pages 161-176
Initial Empirical Findings....Pages 177-186
Empirical Evidence....Pages 187-197
Lean Sustainability Audit....Pages 199-227
Lean Promoted as an Ideology....Pages 229-240
Lean Is Green....Pages 241-258
Potential Issues with Lean....Pages 259-277
Lessons Learnt....Pages 279-291

✦ Subjects

Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Project Management; Operation Research/Decision Theory