The lean practitioner's handbook - Eaton, Mark 1968- (Kogan Page, 2013)
"The Lean Practitioner's Handbook bridges the gap between the tools and concepts of Lean and the practical use of the tools. It offers a practical, easily accessible resource for anyone preparing for, implementing or evaluating lean activities covering key areas such as: aspects of a Lean Program; scoping a program; value stream mapping; 2P and 3P events; Rapid Improvement Events; managing for daily improvement; engaging the team; spotting problems and communicating progress. In addition, it offers a quick snapshot summary of the key tool and concepts of Lean plus easily applicable templates"--
"The Lean Practitioner's Handbook bridges the gap between the tools and concepts of Lean and the practical use of the tools. It offers a practical, easily accessible resource for anyone preparing for, implementing or evaluating lean activities covering key areas such as: aspects of a Lean Programme; scoping a programme; value stream mapping; 2P and 3P events; Rapid Improvement Events; managing for daily improvement; engaging the team; spotting problems and communicating progress. In addition, it offers a quick snapshot summary of the key tool and concepts of Lean plus easily applicable templates"--
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction; 01 Planning for Lean; Structuring a Lean programme; Dealing with the issues that arise; Myth buster; Closing thoughts; 02 Key Lean concepts; What is Lean?; Overview of the Toyota Production System; The 14 principles of the 'Toyota Way'; Toyota 4Ps -- developing leadership commitment; Muda, mura, muri; The seven wastes (and eighth waste); The five principles of Lean; Comparing the Toyota Production System with Lean; Comparing Lean with other improvement methodologies; Closing thoughts; 03 Scoping projects; An overview of scoping; Lean A3s
Project charters and project initiation documentsThe practicalities of scoping; Scoping case study; Tactics for making scoping easier; Closing thoughts; 04 Value stream mapping events; Key concepts in value stream mapping; Three-stage value stream mapping; Two-stage value stream mapping; Alternative approaches to value stream mapping; The practicalities of value stream mapping; Value stream mapping case study; Closing thoughts; 05 2P/3P events; 2P events; 3P events; 2P case study (local government); 2P case study (health care); 3P case study (manufacturing); Closing thoughts