Dieciséis años después de su primera edición en 1996, el libro Lean Thinking sigue considerándose uno de los manuales de referencia del management y clave para entender el concepto del pensamiento Lean: el sistema más idóneo para crear valor y, al mismo tiempo, evitar los despilfarros en cualquier organización.Ahora que todas las economías del mundo están experimentando grandes cambios, los mercados bursátiles se derrumban y las empresas más importantes de los años noventa atraviesan una tortuosa trayectoria, esta obra se convierte en más indispensable que nunca. Sólo conseguirán afrontar con éxito estas adversidades, tal y como advierten los autores, las compañías que adopten el pensamiento Lean, como Toyota, ya que crearán un valor sostenible para sus clientes, empleados y propietarios.En esta edición revisada y actualizada en 2003, además de la diversidad de documentación práctica que incorporaba la primera edición, Womack y Hones relatan la incesante evolución del desarrollo del pensamiento Lean, y también nos muestran una gran variedad de nuevas herramientas dirigidas a la aplicación exitosa de dicho pensamiento.
After a decade of downsizing and reengineering, most companies in North America, Europe, and Japan are still stuck, searching for a formula for sustainable growth and success. The problem, as...
With a practical focus, this book encompasses the science and analytical background for improving manufacturing, control, and design.
A growing, aging population; the rise to epidemic proportions of various chronic diseases; competing, often overlapping medical technologies; and of course, skyrocketing costs compounded by waste and inefficiency - these are just a few of ...
Winner of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Quality Improvement -From the Shingo judges: This work has an extremely widespread application as the tools, techniques, and methods described are at a level that achieves the goals of Lean and ...
The purpose of this book is to help you understand how to develop yourself and your leadership in such a way that will best benefit your team and your patients.
This book will guide you through the core aspects of lean thinking, allowing you to see how implementing this philosophy throughout your workforce could revolutionize your company, or even your entire industry.
Happy Living pivots on a concept borrowed from business and manufacturing called ‘Lean.’ Happiness is what we all always crave, for happiness in life means different things to different people.
(Deming,.1986,.p..98) I.find.these.diseases.and.obstacles.interesting.in.that.Deming.formulated. his.ideas.many.years.before.the.credit.crunch.which.started.with.defaults. on.bad.loans—so.called.subprime.or.toxic.debt—in.2008.
At the same time, companies find themselves with declining customer loyalty & greater challenges in fulfilling orders. This text offers solutions to these problems.
This is the revised, Second Edition of the companion text of the Principles of Lean Thinking online course by the Lean Leadership Institute. www.Lean101.ca What exactly does this course teach people?