The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable Growth
Published on 8. July 2017
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-259-86042-3 (ISBN)
Description
A groundbreaking and revolutionary book that will transform how lean is understood, practiced, and used within organizations
A lean strategy is about gaining a competitive edge by offering better quality products at competitive prices and making a sustainable profit by eliminating waste through engaging employees in discovering deeper ways to think about their own jobs and smarter ways of working together. In its current form, lean has been radically effective, but its true powers have yet to be harnessed.
Lean Strategy harnesses that power and delivers a new way of creating value from lean. Leading lean experts address popular misconceptions about the basics of lean/TPS, showing the true purpose of tools, methods, and attitudes that leverage the intelligence of every employee doing the work. You'll learn how to think-and then act-differently, tapping the power of every person in your organization in a disciplined manner that generates unparalleled, sustainable success that is responsive to today's most pressing challenges
A lean strategy is about gaining a competitive edge by offering better quality products at competitive prices and making a sustainable profit by eliminating waste through engaging employees in discovering deeper ways to think about their own jobs and smarter ways of working together. In its current form, lean has been radically effective, but its true powers have yet to be harnessed.
Lean Strategy harnesses that power and delivers a new way of creating value from lean. Leading lean experts address popular misconceptions about the basics of lean/TPS, showing the true purpose of tools, methods, and attitudes that leverage the intelligence of every employee doing the work. You'll learn how to think-and then act-differently, tapping the power of every person in your organization in a disciplined manner that generates unparalleled, sustainable success that is responsive to today's most pressing challenges
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Language
English
Place of publication
OH
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
15 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
577 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-259-86042-3 (9781259860423)
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Persons
Dr. Michael Balle is a best-selling author and executive coach with twenty years' experience in lean research and practice. He is associate researcher at Telecom Paristech where he co-founded the Projet Lean Entreprise and the French Lean Institute. Balle co-authored the Shingo Prize-winning lean novels The Gold Mine, The Lean Manager, and Lead with Respect. He has a background in systems thinking and cognitive sociology. He lives in Paris, France.
Daniel T. Jones was part of the original MIT research team that discovered and codified the system Toyota used to make automobiles and named it Lean. He is the co-author of the classic groundbreaking works The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking. A bestselling, award-winning author, researcher, advisor to executive teams, and keynote speaker, Jones is co-founder and chairman of the non-profit Lean Enterprise Institute in the US, the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, and the Lean Global Network of institutes. He resides in England.
Orest (Orry) J. Fiume was chief financial officer and a Director of The Wiremold Company, the internationally recognized leader in lean business management. He has taught workshops on Lean Accounting at the Lean Enterprise Institute, the TBM Institute, the University of Dayton Center for Competitive Change, and Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs). He serves on the Board of Directors of The Lean Enterprise Institute. Fiume lives in Arlington, VA.
Jacques Chaize is a pioneer in developing lean organizations. He was CEO of Danfoss Water Controls, a leading French/Danish water valve specialist that served as a model of lean practice. Since 2011, he has worked as an entrepreneur and consultant, serving on the boards of companies in Europe and North America. He is the author of two business books and co-founder and president of SOL (Society for Organizational Learning) France. Chaize lives in Paris, France.
Tom Ehrenfeld is a former writer/editor with Harvard Business Review and Inc. magazine. He is author of The Startup Garden: How Growing a Business Grows You, and The Gold Mind Trilogy Study Guide. He has written for publications including Fortune, The New York Times, and Harvard Business Review. For the past decade, he has been the primary editor for the Lean Enterprise Institute. Ehrenfeld resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Daniel T. Jones was part of the original MIT research team that discovered and codified the system Toyota used to make automobiles and named it Lean. He is the co-author of the classic groundbreaking works The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking. A bestselling, award-winning author, researcher, advisor to executive teams, and keynote speaker, Jones is co-founder and chairman of the non-profit Lean Enterprise Institute in the US, the Lean Enterprise Academy in the UK, and the Lean Global Network of institutes. He resides in England.
Orest (Orry) J. Fiume was chief financial officer and a Director of The Wiremold Company, the internationally recognized leader in lean business management. He has taught workshops on Lean Accounting at the Lean Enterprise Institute, the TBM Institute, the University of Dayton Center for Competitive Change, and Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs). He serves on the Board of Directors of The Lean Enterprise Institute. Fiume lives in Arlington, VA.
Jacques Chaize is a pioneer in developing lean organizations. He was CEO of Danfoss Water Controls, a leading French/Danish water valve specialist that served as a model of lean practice. Since 2011, he has worked as an entrepreneur and consultant, serving on the boards of companies in Europe and North America. He is the author of two business books and co-founder and president of SOL (Society for Organizational Learning) France. Chaize lives in Paris, France.
Tom Ehrenfeld is a former writer/editor with Harvard Business Review and Inc. magazine. He is author of The Startup Garden: How Growing a Business Grows You, and The Gold Mind Trilogy Study Guide. He has written for publications including Fortune, The New York Times, and Harvard Business Review. For the past decade, he has been the primary editor for the Lean Enterprise Institute. Ehrenfeld resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Meaning of Lean
Chapter 1: MAKE THINGS BETTER
Chapter 2: THINK DIFFERENTLY
Chapter 3: LEAD FROM THE GROUND UP
Chapter 4: FRAMING FOR LEARNING
Chapter 5: ORGANIZE FOR LEARNING
Chapter 6: A NEW FORMULA FOR GROWTH
Chapter 7: REUSABLE LEARNING FOR CONTINUOUSLY GROWING VALUE
Chapter 8: ACCELERATE THE GAINS
Chapter 9: FROM KAIZEN TO INNOVATION
Chapter 10: CHANGE YOUR MIND
Conclusion: TOWARDS A WASTE-FREE SOCIETY
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Meaning of Lean
Chapter 1: MAKE THINGS BETTER
Chapter 2: THINK DIFFERENTLY
Chapter 3: LEAD FROM THE GROUND UP
Chapter 4: FRAMING FOR LEARNING
Chapter 5: ORGANIZE FOR LEARNING
Chapter 6: A NEW FORMULA FOR GROWTH
Chapter 7: REUSABLE LEARNING FOR CONTINUOUSLY GROWING VALUE
Chapter 8: ACCELERATE THE GAINS
Chapter 9: FROM KAIZEN TO INNOVATION
Chapter 10: CHANGE YOUR MIND
Conclusion: TOWARDS A WASTE-FREE SOCIETY
Notes
Index