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Natalie J. Sayer , Bruce Williams

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Mar 16 2012 For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)
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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Take charge and engage your enterprise in a Lean transformation

Competitive pressures force everyone to satisfy more demanding customers while using less of everything — time, energy, space, materials, and money. Updated with the latest tools, advice, and information, this no-nonsense guide shows you how to apply the proven philosophies and techniques of Lean to eliminate waste and maximize the effectiveness of your resources.

  • Lean 101 — get the skinny on the logic of Lean, from its principles to the language and lexicon of Lean

  • Power to the people — explore the often-overlooked "Respect for People" aspect of Lean to truly grasp the human side of change

  • Go with the flow — understand the way value is created and flowed to the customer

  • Fasten your toolbelt — find easy-to-follow explanations of the many customer, value stream, flow, pull, perfection, and management tools of Lean

  • It's a Lean, Lean world — take a tour of the many aspects of a Lean enterprise, from management and product development to production processes and the quality organization

"By emphasizing Lean principles and insisting on cultural transformation, Sayer and Williams empower the reader to create a lasting culture of continuous improvement."— Robert Miller, Executive Director, The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence

Open the book and find:

  • The common tools, principles, and practices of Lean

  • How to lead and manage a Lean organization

  • Step-by-step instructions for value-stream mapping

  • Five real-life case studies using Lean in different organizations

  • The best practices of Lean

  • How to apply Lean in different industries

  • Ten pitfalls to avoid

  • Resources you can turn to for additional help

Learn to:

  • "Go Lean" within your organization and create an environment that embraces change

  • Deliver maximum customer value to create a competitive advantage

  • Operate your business effectively — do more with less

About the Author

Natalie J. Sayer has more than 25 years of international experience as an implementer, facilitator, and consultant in continuous improvement methods. Bruce Williams is Senior Vice President of Strategic Programs for Software AG, the global leader in business process excellence.


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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Introduction to Lean..... May 17 2012
By ~purplemoon~ - Published on Amazon.com
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As a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, I introduced this book as an entry level, problem solving course at work and found it to be helpful. This book successfully explains, in clear and simple terms, the fundamental aspects of applying Lean techniques including understanding flow and the value stream, the eight wastes, and introduces the concepts of Kaizen for rapid process improvement. I feel that people who are just starting to learn Lean concepts, or who want a good overview of how Lean can transform an organization, would benefit from this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Lean for Dummies Key Points Aug 12 2012
By Kirk J. Gould - Published on Amazon.com
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This book has the courage to confront the corporate world head on. Lean techniques are taught in many books and by many consulting companies, but Lean for Dummies expresses the importance of establishing a culture of continuous improvement. It takes courage to recommend these foundations and even more courage to do it in a company, but the results are astounding.

A lot of businesses are being run by cost cutting these days. Lean requires employee engagement. A lot of businesses are creating distance between top management and front line staff. Lean requires management and front line coming together.

Lean is not just about respect, it is also about hope. Lean for Dummies provides a firehose of information to act upon. Years of implementation techniques and concepts are contained in the book. Applying even a few of them will bring great results.

Read this book to begin or reinforce your Lean journey.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good explanation of lean principles July 20 2012
By Rand Thompson - Published on Amazon.com
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I have been involved in manufacturing for most of my career, and while it sometimes seems like lean concepts are intuitive and have been around forever, that is not always the case. My current employer has embarked on a big lean program and this book is something that provides an easy to read and understand explanation of the concepts. It would be well suited for anyone from production employees and supervisors to department managers who find themselves needing to understand a new way of thinking.

Don't be put off by the "dummies" nomenclature; this book provides a good overview of all the concepts and ties them together well.

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