Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated
The authors begin by summarizing the five inherent principles in any lean system: Correctly specify value so you are providing what the customer actually wants Identify the value stream for each product family and remove the wasted steps that don’t create value but do create muda (waste) Make the remaining value-creating steps flow continuously to drastically shorten throughput …
Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, Third Edition
Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any Lean transformation an ongoing success. It shows you how to implement a sustainable, successful transformation by developing a culture that has your stakeholders throughout the organizational chart involved and invested in the outcome. …