Author: John Shook
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute
Keywords: gain, agreement, mentor, lead, problems, solve, learn, using, management, process, managing
Number of Pages: 138
Published: 2009-12-28
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ISBN-10: 1934109207
ISBN-13: 9781934109205

Managing to Learn by Toyota veteran John Shook, reveals the thinking underlying the vital A3 management process at the heart of lean management and lean leadership. Constructed as a dialogue between a manager and his boss, the book explains how A3 thinking helps managers and executives identify, frame, and then act on problems and challenges. Shook calls this approach, which is captured in the simple structure of an A3 report, the key to Toyota’s entire system of developing talent and continually deepening its knowledge and capabilities. The A3 Report is a Toyota-pioneered practice of ge

Authors:Daniel T. Jones, James P. Womack,
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute
Keywords: lean, enterprise, institute, stream, value, whole, mapping, extended, seeing
Number of Pages: 97
Published: 2002-11-01
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ISBN-10: 0966784359
ISBN-13: 9780966784350

Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize!By identifying all the steps and time required to move a typical product from raw materials to finished goods, the authors show that nearly 90 percent of the actions and 99.99 percent of the time required for the value chain’s Current State create no value. In addition, the mapping method clearly shows demand amplification of orders as they travel up the value stream, steadily growing quality problems, and steadily deteriorating shipping performance at every point up stream from the customer.The mapping methodology takes managers step-by-step through an im

Authors:Mike Rother, John Shook,
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute
Keywords: value, muda, eliminate, stream, learning, mapping
Number of Pages: 102
Published: 1999-06-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0966784308
ISBN-13: 9780966784305

Value-stream mapping is an overarching tool that gives managers and executives a picture of the entire production process, showing both value and nonvalue-creating activities. Rather than taking a haphazard approach to lean implementation, value-stream mapping establishes a direction for the company. Value-stream maps are the blueprints for lean transformations and Learning to See is an easy-to-read, step-by-step instruction manual that teaches this valuable tool to anyone, regardless of his or her background. This groundbreaking workbook breaks down the important concepts of value-stream mapp

Authors:Michael Balle, Freddy Balle,
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.
Keywords: manager, lean
Number of Pages: 471
Published: 2009-01
List price: $36.76
ISBN-10: 1934109258
ISBN-13: 9781934109250

Author: Pascal Dennis
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute
Keywords: planning, execution, guide, leader, right, things, getting
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2007-01-31
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0976315262
ISBN-13: 9780976315261

For companies to be competitive, leaders must engage people at all levels to focus their energy and enable them to apply lean principles to everything they do. Strategy deployment, called hoshin kanri by Toyota, has proven to be the most effective process for meeting this ongoing challenge. In Getting the Right Things Done, Pascal Dennis outlines the nuts and bolts of strategy deployment, answering two tough questions that ultimately can make or break a lean transformation: What kind of planning system is required to inspire meaningful company-wide continuous improvement? How might we change e

Authors:Rick Harris, Chris Harris, Earl Wilson,
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute
Keywords: production, operations, control, engineering, professionals, guide, handling, materials, flow, lean, material, making
Number of Pages: 93
Published: 2003-09
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0974182494
ISBN-13: 9780974182490

Making Materials Flow describes in plain language another step in implementing a complete lean business system. LEI’s first workbook, Learning to See, focused on where to start — at the value stream for each product family within your facilities. Seeing the Whole then expanded the value stream map beyond facility walls, all the way from raw materials to customer. After mapping has identified waste and potential applications of flow and pull, you can use the techniques in Creating Continuous Flow to implement truly continuous flow in cellularized operations. Making Materia

Authors:Toshiko Narusawa, John Shook,
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.
Keywords: journey, lean, fundamentals, express, kaizen
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1934109231
ISBN-13: 9781934109236