Lean for the Cash-Strapped Leader : The Path to Growth and Profitability / by John E. Madigan, Todd C. Maher and Mohammad Ali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madigan, John E. (John Edward), 1947- author.

Maher, Todd C., author.

Ali, Mohammad, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lean manufacturing.

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Productivity Press, [2017].

Summary:

Created by Lean practitioners with real-world, results-proven track records, this book is designed to help struggling managers and leaders, interested in the benefits of Lean but bereft of budgets to hire full-time consultants, start substantial change in their enterprises and begin to reap the benefits of Lean.At once a how-to manual and a strategic management guide, the book lays out, in simple English, all the steps for implementing Lean, from formulating a strategy and managing organizational change, to establishing a kanban-driven, level-loaded production system.Presenting strategies that will fit in most existing budgets, Lean for the Cash-Strapped Leader: The Path to Growth and Profitability uses easy-to-read language with flashes of humor to reveal proven methods that will help your organization initiate change and begin reaping the rewards of a Lean operations system in any industry.The book avoids acronyms, complex Lean terminology, and academic froth to convey the essential instructions, detail, and information you need. Identifying powerful methods for initiating a Lean value stream that require minimal investment, the book is designed to help owners of small businesses and senior managers of larger ones make their enterprises more efficient, more productive, and ultimately more profitable.Along the way, the book gives detailed attention to the need for the "soft message" that underwrites and supports the actions required for a business to achieve the transformation that Lean can bring. Lean for the Cash-Strapped Leader emphasizes the messaging and the degree of management involvement required to achieve a successful Lean result. Learn more about the book at: http://www.leanforthecashstrappedleader.com/.

Contents:

Brief Overview of Lean and Elimination of WasteA Different Way of ThinkingRationalizing the InventoryKanban SignalsDeriving Dependent Demand for KanbanDocumenting the Current State in a Process MapCreating the Future-State Process MapUnderstanding Kanban-Heijunka Card-Flow ProcessKanbans and HeijunkasContinuous Improvement, the Kaizen EventBeginning the Kaizen and Documenting RealityThe Percent-Loading ChartUsing Percent-Loading ChartDependent-Demand Manufacturing KanbansThe Total-Value Flow with Standard Work and VisualsTying Up Loose Ends in the New Total-Value FlowCompetition and Continuous ImprovementRecommended ReadingsIndex.

Notes:

"A Productivity Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-36325-9

1-138-43797-2

1-4987-4906-2

1-4987-3896-6

9781315382296

OCLC:

994343367