Sayer / Williams Lean For Dummies

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-14806-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 362 Seiten, E-Book

Have you thought about using Lean in your business or organization,but are not really sure how to implement it? Or perhapsyou're already using Lean, but you need to get up to speed.Lean for Dummies will show you how to do more with less andcreate an enterprise that embraces change.
In plain-English writing, this friendly guide explores thegeneral overview of Lean, how flow and the value stream works, andthe best ways to apply Lean to your enterprise. You will understandthe philosophy of Lean and adopt it not as a routine, but a way oflife. This highly informative book teaches you:
* The foundation and language of Lean
* How to map the value stream and using it to yourbusiness's advantage
* The philosophy of Kaizen
* Different tools to improve management, customer service, andflow and pull
* How to "Go Lean" within your business and acrossthe industry
* Avoid common mistakes in implementation
* Seek out resources for assistance
This simple, continuous improvement approach that minimizeswaste and adds customer value is changing organizations of allsizes all over the world. Lean for Dummies will show you totake charge and engage your enterprise in a Leantransformation!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sayer, Natalie J.

Williams, Bruce

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Lean Basics.
Chapter 1: Defining Lean.
Chapter 2: The Foundation and Language of Lean.
Part II: Understanding Flow and the Value Stream.
Chapter 3: Seeing Value through the Eyes of the Customer.
Chapter 4: A Resource Runs through It: Value Stream Mapping.
Chapter 5: Charting the Course: Using Value Stream Maps.
Chapter 6: Flowing in the Right Direction: Lean Projects andKaizen.
Part III: The Lean Toolbox.
Chapter 7: Customer and Value-Stream Tools.
Chapter 8: Flow and Pull Tools.
Chapter 9: Perfection Tools.
Chapter 10: Management Tools.
Part IV: The Lean Enterprise.
Chapter 11: Lean in the Organization: Principles, Behaviors, andChange.
Chapter 12: Power to the People.
Chapter 13: Go Lean: Implementation Strategy, Startup, andEvolution.
Chapter 14: Lean within the Enterprise.
Chapter 15: Lean across Industry.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Ten Best Practices of Lean.
Chapter 17: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid.
Chapter 18: Ten Places to Go for Help.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Natalie J. Sayer began studying and applying Lean before itwas formally known as Lean. Over her 20-year career in theautomotive industry in the United States and Mexico, Natalie honedher skills applying Lean and Organizational Development methodsacross functional areas of Fortune 130 companies. In 1996, Nataliewas an instrumental team member in the Lean transformation of a GMfacility in Matamoros, Mexico. The team was awarded the 1996 GMPresident's Council Honors for the project. While workingwith General Motors, she had multiple opportunities to visit andlearn from New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI). Nataliehas trained, coached, mentored, and rolled up her sleeves toimplement Lean practices, whether working in a company orvolunteering at a food bank.
She received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Dayton in 1988 and a Master of Manufacturing SystemsEngineering from the University of Michigan in 1992. She is agraduate of Coach University and Corporate Coach University.Natalie is also a Six Sigma Black Belt and a Global LeadershipExecutive Coach.
In 2003, Natalie founded I-Emerge, an Arizona-based globalconsultancy dedicated to the facilitation of people and processesexperiencing significant change. The I-Emerge toolbox includesexecutive and personal coaching, group facilitation, Lean methods,public speaking, and Organizational Development tools andassessments. She is a passionate people person, who lives her lifewith the convictions that "there is always a betterway" and "change won't happen without thepeople."
Bruce Williams strives for perfection and added value asa scientist, educator, consultant, and entrepreneur. Leveraging theLean principle of standardized work, this is his third ForDummies book in three years, having previously coauthored thebest-selling Six Sigma For Dummies in 2005 and the SixSigma Workbook For Dummies in 2006.
Undergraduate degrees in physics and astrophysics from theUniversity of Colorado testify to his early pursuit ofunderstanding the ultimate nature of root cause.