Lean For Dummies

Take charge and engage your enterprise in a Leantransformation Have you thought about using Lean in your business ororganization, but are not really sure how to implement it? Orperhaps you're already using Lean, but you need to get up to speed.Lean For Dummies shows you how to do more with less andcreate an enterprise that embraces change. In plain-English, thisfriendly guide explores the general overview of Lean, how flow andthe value stream works, and the best ways to apply Lean to yourenterprise. This revised edition includes the latest tools, advice, andinformation that can be used by everyone — from majorcorporations to small business, from non-profits and hospitals tomanufacturers and service corporations. In addition, it takes alook at the successes and failures of earlier Lean pioneers —including Toyota, the inventors of Lean — and offer casestudies 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 upperlevel management in companies of all sizes and in all industries,the tools and information they need to streamline process andoperate more efficiently.