Books
Work That Makes Sense
By: Gwendolyn GalsworthWork That Makes Sense (WTMS) is designed to speak directly to the real experts of day-to-day work in any company – front-line associates – showing them what a visual workplace is, why it’s important to their daily work, and how to create one themselves. Based on nearly 30 years in the field, author Gwendolyn Galsworth, [...]
Lean IT
By: Steven Bell & Michael OrzenInformation Technology is supposed to enable business performance and innovation, improve service levels, manage change, and maintain quality and stability, all while steadily reducing operating costs. Yet when an enterprise begins a Lean transformation, too often the IT department is either left out or viewed as an obstacle. What is to be done? This book [...]
Simple Excellence
By: Adam Zak and William WaddellDetailing the role of senior management in achieving a successful transformation to organizational excellence, Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation charts a course of simplification through the complexity often associated with managing performance improvement initiatives. It spells out the roles of key individuals on the management team—including those from [...]
The Shibumi Strategy
By: Matthew E. MayThe Shibumi Strategy is a little book about a big breakthrough. It tells the story of a hardworking family man who finds himself in crisis when his company closes. Through his struggle, and guidance from unlikely sources, he learns subtle lessons in the form of “personal zen” principles, coming to understand that it is often [...]
The A3 Workbook
By: Daniel MatthewsThe A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind is designed to teach A3 Problem Solving to workers at every level of an organization. This workbook provides a practical tool for solving specific problems or for making a specific proposal, while also encouraging the development of a corporate culture that empowers all employees to support continuous improvement. [...]
Lean Human Resources
By: Cheryl JekielEncouraging a long overdue shift in thinking, this book gives managers and executives the means to maximize employee potential by first showing them how to increase the improvement power of their HR departments. Cheryl M. Jekiel, who has been implementing Lean initiatives out of HR offices for 20 years, defines the people-related approaches and practices [...]
Target Cost Management
By: Jim RainsWith a proven track record for helping companies achieve critical cost reductions without sacrificing customer satisfaction, target costing provides managers and executives with the tools to survive and prosper in today’s increasingly competitive market—without raising prices on customers. Target Cost Management: details the preliminary steps required for a company to institutionalize target costing and the [...]
Standard Work for Noncyclical Processes
By: Joseph NiederstadtWhile it is a given that most Lean companies adopt methods to standardize cyclical activities, they often fail to apply the same rigor to noncyclical work, believing that it cannot be measured. Taking a hands-on approach reflective of his time as an operator on the line, Joseph Niederstadt lays out the methods he has instituted [...]
Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream
By: Robert Martichenko & Kevin von GrabeBuilding a Lean Fulfillment Stream will change the way you think about your supply chain and logistics networks giving you a way to act using lean principles to transform and continuously improve. In this pioneering workbook, lean logistics veterans Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe explain step-by-step a comprehensive, real-life implementation process for optimizing your [...]
In Pursuit of Elegance
By: Matthew E. MayIn this thought-provoking exploration of why certain events, products, and people capture our attention and imaginations, Matthew E. May examines the elusive element behind so many innovative breakthroughs in fields ranging from physics and marketing to design and popular culture. Combining unusual simplicity and surprising power, elegance is characterized by four key elements—seduction, subtraction, symmetry, [...]
