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What should you do first when starting to implement lean
manufacturing? What comes next, then next? With the raft of
information now available about lean principles, it’s easy to get
confused.
Kaizen Express clarifies the process using a rapid,
nonstop style to explain the essential elements of the Toyota
Production System (TPS) in a logical implementation sequence.
This succinct but comprehensive back-to-basics book offers
lean novices and veterans alike a comprehensive primer on lean
principles and implementation that returns to fundamentals and
stresses the importance of learning by doing at the individual and
team levels.
“It’s easy to forget the fundamentals while pursuing advanced
methods,” writes Jim Womack, LEI founder and chairman, in the
Foreword. “I constantly encounter firms focusing on high-level
issues of lean management, strategy, and corporate culture that
have completely ignored creating a solid foundation at the level
where the real work is done.”
Originally developed as an aid for teaching the essential
elements of TPS to Japanese readers and non-Japanese readers
working together at Japanese factories around the world, Kaizen
Express keeps the bilingual format. It also preserves the
illustrations or charts on every page that reinforce key
points.
The book also includes a glossary of TPS terms in English and
Japanese and a set of standard forms used to implement TPS at
production sites.
Author:Narusawa, Toshiko and John Shook
Publisher: Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-934109-23-6
Number of Pages: 172
List Price: A$45.00
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