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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$48.00
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