Improving business performance with lean
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York
Business Expert Press
January 2012
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Supply and operations management collection
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index
- 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 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
- Appendix. Case studies
- Notes
- References
- Index
- This book is a concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools used in the "Lean" method of improving business processes. It constitutes a sufficient tool kit to enable practitioners to quickly start using Lean to improve business processes in their workplace. Alternately, it can also serve as a textbook in undergraduate or masters programs. This book succinctly describes the benefits of Lean in manufacturing, sales, administration, distribution, health care, and other industries, as well as providing a step-by-step description of how Lean is applied