The Lean Office Pocket Guide XL represents the input of a select group of 'pioneers' who have shared their successful administrative Lean experiences with the how-to tools contained in this book. The tools of takt time, value stream mapping, 5S, document tagging, data capture, flow, pull, kanbans, office file system, plus many others are explained in this desktop version of the best seller The Lean Office Pocket Guide.

The Lean Office Pocket Guide XL

Business & Money

Don Tapping

Management & Leadership

MCS Media, Inc.

The Lean Primer will allow you to train the organization to understand how critical the implementation of Lean principles and processes are to your short and long term success. It will provide the various reasons why an organization must go Lean, as well as detailing what Lean is. Lean will be explained in the terms of Stabilize, Flow, and Sustain with reference to the following topics of lean vision, waste, value stream mapping, 5S, takt time, buffer and safety stock, continuous flow, standard work, quick changeover, kanban, visual controls, mistake-proofing, leveling, paced withdrawal, visual production control, runners, TPM, and kaizen. Each of these tools will also be explained with digital photos from world-class shops from across the US that shared their best practices.

The Lean Primer: Solutions for the Job Shop

Roger Kremer

Tom Fabrizio

The Lean Assessment was created as a guide for the job shop and small manufacturer in their Lean journey. The Lean Assessment will provide a baseline upon which you can improve - and most importantly also provide a reference on what to do. The Lean Assessment has 13 categories that are further divided into sub-categories that are scored. The subsequent score will assist you into allocating the appropriate resources in your Lean project. Administrative areas are also referenced in this assessment. The Assessment is self-administering and will allow you to create the necessary visual Spider (or Radar) Chart to convey the score to the organization.

The Lean Assessment for Job Shops and Small Manufacturers

The most comprehensive and practical explanation of Lean concepts and tools made for the shop floor is now available in a larger format. The New Lean Pocket Guide XL has over 120 illustrations to visually convey the tools and concepts, along with detailed descriptions of all the Lean tools. This newer and larger version of the best selling The Lean Pocket Guide also includes: a section on Lean Office and Six Sigma, 20+ digital photos demonstrating Lean in action, a Waste Audit, and a Glossary of Lean terms. The tools of 5S, value stream mapping, document tagging, continuous flow, standard work, visual control, takt time, pitch, runners, waste, plus numerous other Lean tools are thoroughly defined as well as guidelines provided for the implementation of each tool. This version has digital photos of Lean production best practices throughout!

The New Lean Pocket Guide XL

Lean Office Demystified II is now available (You must re-enter the correct title to get to this new version). Lean Office Demystified II conveys all the tools and concepts explained throughout the book in an actual business case study using MS Office and Open Source applications. Lean Office Demystified II now takes Lean into the 21st century! Lean Office Demystified conveys the proven success of the Toyota Production System for administrative processes. This book includes the best selling The 5S Desktop (PC) Pocket Handbook inside the back cover. The forms, graphs, illustrations, and worksheets are organized in a step-by-step manner in which anyone can apply these principles to the office. Each phase also includes a Readiness Guide that ensures you are ready to proceed to the next level. This book provides the complete blueprint, from start to finish, for planning and implementing your administrative improvements while maximizing employee performance. The Lean tools are defined relative to examples from manufacturing front offices, healthcare and its associated clinics and labs, as well as the financial services industry. This book provides all the necessary tools for you to achieve a Lean Office.

Lean Office Demystified - (Lean Office Demystified II is NOW Available!)

Anne Dunn

Business Culture

The New Lean Pocket Guide is designed for use as a convenient, quick reference as you learn and implement lean manufacturing tools and techniques. It provides valuable insight into the nuances of lean. You can put your finger on any entry within a matter of seconds! And it is most definitely meant for the shop floor! Find the right tool for the right lean initiative by using the: Table of Contents providing the listing of tools, techniques, and supporting documentation in alphabetical order. Lean Tool Usage Matrix organizing the lean tools and concepts relative to various aspects of lean implementation. For instance, if you are working on page xi and xii determining customer demand, you would be referencing buffer and safety stock, cycle time, etc. Waste Audit providing guidelines for the team to ask questions regarding waste relative to their value stream. Glossary providing a definition of the various lean tools and concepts. This new version includes digital photos of lean practices for many of the topics. Over 30 photos have been placed through this guide to allow you further insight into the application of that particular tool. We have also included a chapter on Lean Office and Six Sigma. Most importantly, due to your suggestions, we have included a Waste Audit and a Glossary of lean terms.

The NEW Lean Pocket Guide

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

A successful Kaizen Event can only occur if team members feel and have ownership of what is being improved. Even though the outcome of the event may improve their daily work activities, just by them being on the team does not guarantee ownership. However, the writing by each team member in this book will help to contribute a new sense of ownership - that necessary ingredient in any successful Kaizen Event. They will feel more part of the team. The Lean Pocket Handbook for Kaizen Events is your personal (i.e., individual) Lean planner for the 21st century. We have found individuals that use this pocket handbook feel more part of the Kaizen team. They also continue to contribute improvement ideas well past the formal team Kaizen Event. That is what Lean is all about - making those small, incremental, improvements daily (i.e., hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute) by those closest to the process. This handbook is designed to be: 1. A quick-reference guide. 2. Your individual (i.e., personal) log. 3. Your personal Kaizen planner. 4. A tool to self-initiate Idea Kaizens. 5. A learning tool. Each topic will have 4 pages. The first page will define the tool and provide a brief description. The second page will provide a simple flowchart of how that tool can be used effectively. This flowchart is meant to serve as a catalyst (and guideline) to stimulate ideas for the possible use of that tool in the Kaizen Event. The third page will provide illustrations demonstrating the tool as it is being used. This page will also contain an area for any notes that may be taken. The fourth page will be your personal Lean log and planner. This page is meant for you to write anything and everything down that you must do in support of the Kaizen Event. Idea Kaizen references can be noted here for investigation and implementation at a later date.

The Lean Pocket Handbook for Kaizen Events - Any Industry - Any Time

The most basic premise of Lean is to simply and effectively problem solve. The Simply Lean Pocket Guide is a step-by-step approach to the implementation of process improvements using the PDCA model with a Lean twist. If you are just beginning to adopt Lean or Six Sigma as a business improvement model, whether you are in the healthcare, financial services, construction, armed services, manufacturing, public administration, logistics, service, or construction industry, the first thing that should be acknowledged is that the solution to the problem (or improvement target that is to be reached) will be found in the intellect of the people who are working the process. Therefore, as a trainer, consultant (internal or external), or departmental head, the focus to improve a situation would be to somehow work with that group (and their intellect) and find a solution. However, that somehow is not always easy to attain and will require some guidance along the way. Simply Lean will provide that guidance ensuring root causes and wastes are eliminated in creating a Leaner, problem-free process. This book will assist teams and individuals to: 1. Collect the right data, in the right way, to support Lean or Six Sigma projects 2. Meet effectively to maximize organizational resources 3. Brainstorm to solicit best ideas 4. Obtain a consensus to solve problems and determine solutions 5. Determine root cause(s) 6. Standardize improvements 7. Think outside the box 8. Accept change 9. Work to attain process perfection The tools of Effective Teams, Effective Meetings, Problem Identification, Data Collection (Data Check Sheet), Pareto Chart, Brainstorming, Fishbone (Cause and Effect) Diagram, Process Mapping, 5 Why Analysis, Accepting Change, Countermeasure Kaizen Log, Failure Prevention Analysis, Training Plan, Gantt Chart, Impact Map, Run Chart, Standard Work, Performance Measurements, and Yokoten will be explained in step-by-step detail as well as through application in the Tinker Town case study. Additional tools of 5S, Continuous Flow, Mistake Proofing, Visual Controls, Standard Work, Takt Time, Pitch, Work Load Balancing, and Just-In-Time are explained as to their application in the Tinker Town case study. As a bonus, a Waste Audit, larger examples of the forms and worksheets, Idea Kaizen Forms, Glossary, and Index are included!

The Simply Lean Pocket Guide - Making Great Organizations Better Through PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) Kaizen Activities

Value Stream Management (VSM) is a proven and effective step-by-step methodology for understanding and applying the principles and practices of the Toyota Production System (i.e., Lean) within an healthcare organization. The Toyota Production System is known for its world-class practices of having efficient processes with standards that are being adhered to, while empowering employees to find and eliminate waste. These types of efforts are also referred to as Lean. As authors, we have found continued success in applying the Value Stream Management methodology in the hospitals, clinics, and labs. You will be introduced to many of these successes throughout the book as topical anecdotes. The specific tools and practices of Lean and the implementation plan via the Value Stream Management process will be thoroughly explained. VSM or Lean Healthcare will improve overall facility efficiencies while improving patient care and safety. It should also be noted that the content in this book will support any and all Six Sigma projects. The VSM process is similar to treating a patient. It requires people (i.e., healthcare providers, aides, technicians, administrative support, etc.) and vendors (suppliers for medical equipment, pharmaceutical companies, etc.) working together to effectively yield the benefits of Lean throughout the entire supply chain. As the treatment of a patient is individually tailored, Lean must also be tailored to the facility, department, and/or process in which it will be used. In this book you will learn how to: 1) Apply the Value Stream Management methodology to specific projects within your facility 2) Educate staff on the fundamentals of Lean so that Lean can be part of everyone s job each and every day 3) Create a business case to inform the staff on the need for Lean or continuous improvement 4) Determine where waste lies in processes and facilitate ideas on how to eliminate waste through Total Employee Involvement (TEI) 5) Create current and future state maps, as well as a plan for implementation 6) Accelerate improvements activities 7) Select projects and apply the Lean tools 8) Improve patient (direct), as well as non-patient (non-direct), care processes 9) Document improvement activities to convey to management the success Lean can have on improving the bottom-line and 10) Allow Lean to become a way of life in an ever-changing and demanding environment. Value Stream Management for Lean Healthcare will provide you with the fundamental process (and steps) to implement Lean. Value Stream Management for Lean Healthcare has been segmented into the four main chapters of Assess, Diagnosis, Treat, and Prevent. These chapters will provide the skeletal framework on how the Lean tools and practices can be effectively applied in your Lean journey. Just as patients care requires a thorough history and physical exam to assist in determining a plan of cure for a patient; likewise, this book will provide a similar approach for the treatment and cure of your facilities process ailments.

Value Stream Management for Lean Healthcare

Todd Sperl

Sue Kozlowski

Laura Archbold

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The Lean Office Pocket Guide XL

The Lean Primer: Solutions for the Job Shop

The Lean Assessment for Job Shops and Small Manufacturers

The New Lean Pocket Guide XL

Lean Office Demystified - (Lean Office Demystified II is NOW Available!)

The NEW Lean Pocket Guide

The Lean Pocket Handbook for Kaizen Events - Any Industry - Any Time

The Simply Lean Pocket Guide - Making Great Organizations Better Through PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) Kaizen Activities

Value Stream Management for Lean Healthcare

The Simply Lean Pocket Guide - Making Great Organizations Better Through PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) Kaizen Activities