Lean – die dauerhafte Erfolgsformel! Kaizen und Kata sind etablierte Konzepte, die schon viele Unternehmen an die Spitze geführt haben. Kaizen kann übersetzt werden als das ständige Streben zum Besseren, Kata sind verinnerliche Routinen, die zu der im Lean Management notwendigen Geisteshaltung führen. Nach wie vor sind beide Konzepte hoch aktuell und extrem wertschöpfend! Doch traditionelle Lean Management-Ansätze sind nach innen gerichtet, das Umfeld spielt eine eher untergeordnete Rolle. Das wird der zunehmenden globalen Vernetzung in Zeiten steigender Digitalisierung und notwendiger Flexibilisierung jedoch nicht mehr gerecht. Unternehmen müssen nach außen offen sein, Kooperationen eingehen, ein stabiles Netzwerk aufbauen. Dieses Praktikerwerk kombiniert nun Kaizen und Kata mit Kereitsu. Kereitsu ist eine japanische Methode, die auf Kooperationen mit externen Partnern setzt. Schritt für Schritt wird gezeigt, wie sich diese Konzepte in der Praxis umsetzen lassen, was dabei die Erfolgskriterien sind, aber auch wo sich Hürden verbergen. - Bringt frischen Wind ins Lean Management - Schafft die Basis, um jede Transformation zu meistern - Mit konkreter Umsetzungsanleitung - Viele Beispiele und praktische Tipps - Mit Arbeitshilfen zum Download

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement (978-0-367-42991-1, 340939) Shelving Guide: Business & Management / Lean Management This book addresses the root causes of why a majority of Lean transformations have not met expectations. More importantly, it provides the information needed to turn around the failure mechanisms and transform them into critical success factors. Lean – Let’s Get It Right! delves into the psychology of change and motivation and clarifies the roles and responsibility changes which are required for alignment with Lean principles. While the author includes a review of Lean principles, the majority of the book either provides more depth of understanding of the principles or highlights how misalignment can thwart Lean transformation efforts. What this provides is not only clarity, but it establishes a solid reference point or framework to guide the Lean strategy. The reader will begin to see how the principles are not simply a random set of characteristics or features of Lean, but are actually a set of fundamental beliefs on which all else is based. Though repeated throughout the book that an organization must develop the specifics of their own Lean roadmap, this book concludes with guidance on making it happen. This book, with its primary focus on people, leadership, and principles, and less so on the details of tools and techniques, can be thought of as providing the few critical missing puzzle pieces to enable an effective Lean transformation.

Take charge and engage your enterprise in a Lean transformation Have you thought about using Lean in your business or organization, but are not really sure how to implement it? Or perhaps you're already using Lean, but you need to get up to speed. Lean For Dummies shows you how to do more with less and create an enterprise that embraces change. In plain-English, this friendly guide explores the general overview of Lean, how flow and the value stream works, and the best ways to apply Lean to your enterprise. This revised edition includes the latest tools, advice, and information that can be used by everyone — from major corporations to small business, from non-profits and hospitals to manufacturers and service corporations. In addition, it takes a look at the successes and failures of earlier Lean pioneers — including Toyota, the inventors of Lean — and offer case studies and hands-on advice. The latest on the Six Sigma and Lean movements The role of technology and the expanding Lean toolbox Case studies enhance the material Lean For Dummies gives today's business owners and upper level management in companies of all sizes and in all industries, the tools and information they need to streamline process and operate more efficiently.

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2006 SHINGO PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in MANUFACTURING RESEARCH Lean production has been proven unbeatable in organizing production operations, yet the majority of attempts to implement lean end in disappointing results. The critical factor so often overlooked is that lean implementation requires day-to-day, hour-by-hour management practices and skil

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/

The Lean Anthology: A Practical Primer in Continual Improvement presents operations management case studies that illustrate a Lean process improvement journey. Ideal for non-engineers, adult learners, and corporate or business education settings, this book can help you and your organization understand and apply Lean practices as part of a plan for

Lean, Simplified **An Extensive Introduction to the Lean Business Model, Applicable to All Industries and All Experience Levels** Now released in a second edition to reflect the newest innovations and learning within the Lean system! You’ve heard the terms, you’ve heard about the results; now harness the method that has been creating unmatched levels of efficiency and success throughout the modern business sphere. Yesterday, it was enough to have heard about Lean. Today, everyone from the very front line all the way up to the boardroom must be on the absolute cutting edge of business improvement. To start the learning process and to enhance your understanding of the efficiency model that is taking the global market by storm, look no further than the Lean QuickStart Guide. Other guides are packed with jargon and take an oblique look at Lean—break out ahead of the pack with this easy-to-understand reference guide for all levels of experience. Lean QuickStart Guide is for beginners and experts alike. This no-nonsense guide hits the ground running and presents the critical concepts of the Lean model in plain English with instructional visual aids to cement a rapid learning process. Learning for academic purposes? We have you covered, too. We take an academic approach to the Lean Business Model as well as looking at real-world practical application in the business environment. Concepts are Broken Down into Bite-Sized Chunks with Extensive Charts, Graphs, and Illustrations to Assist in the Learning Process.

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