Strategic Kaizen: Using Flow, Synchronization, And Leveling Assessment To Measure And Strengthen Operational Performance 1st Edition Imai

Strategic Kaizen: Using Flow, Synchronization, And Leveling Assessment To Measure And Strengthen Operational Performance 1st Edition Imai – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781260143836,126014383X,9781260143843, 1260143848

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 1260143848
• ISBN 13:9781260143843
• Author: Masaaki Imai
  

Transform your company’s critical operations—and its destiny—through a powerful kaizen-focused strategy designed for 21st century efficiency A pioneer of the operational excellence movement that continues to transform businesses across the world, Masaaki Imai takes you to the next step of continuous improvement—developing an overall strategy for measuring your company’s operational performance and improving processes in ways that boost efficiency and gain competitiveness. In Strategic KAIZEN™, Imai walks you through the process of shifting your focus from volume and speed to his revolutionary Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling (FSL™) evaluation—the most effective Lean paradigm available. At the heart of his approach is the concept of flow—ensuring that each work piece flows between processes without interruption and stagnation. This game-changing guide teaches you: The critical importance of assessing corporate performance from both the financial and operational standpoints How to identify basic structures of the ideal production and operating systems Proven ways of implementing FSL to establish where improvements are most needed and build a strategy that takes you to new heights of corporate performance Certain to be another instant classic from Masaaki Imai, Strategic KAIZEN™ provides an abundance of case studies from companies that have successfully implemented FSL™ and tangible know-how to improve FSL™ status to achieve a lean summit. Whether you run a business, serve in public service, or practice Lean, this groundbreaking guide provides everything you need to transform your organization—and help lead it to the top of your industry, trade, or business.

Table contents:

CHAPTER 1 TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD

CHAPTER 2 TRADITIONAL COMPANIES VERSUS LEAN COMPANIES

CHAPTER 3 THE CEO AND THE BOARD

CHAPTER 4 SHAREHOLDERS VERSUS CUSTOMERS

CHAPTER 5 THE CASE OF KOA INDUSTRY

CHAPTER 6 THE CASE OF YOKOMORI MANUFACTURING COMPANY

CHAPTER 7 TOYOTA AND OHNO

CHAPTER 8 SAKICHI TOYODA

CHAPTER 9 THE GM STORY

CHAPTER 10 MITSUTOSHI SATO’S CASE STUDIES

CHAPTER 11 PARTS SEIKOU COMPANY

CHAPTER 12 THE CASE OF YAZAKI TENRYU

CHAPTER 13 KOMY, THE FLEXIBLE MIRROR COMPANY: THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COMPANY WITH THE BIGGEST AIMS

CHAPTER 14 THE FLOW

CHAPTER 15 FSL, THE NEW CRITERIA TO ASSESS A COMPANY’S LEAN STATUS

CHAPTER 16 THE FLOW AND TPS

CHAPTER 17 FUJIO CHO’S EXPERIENCE WITH TAIICHI OHNO

CHAPTER 18 CONDUCTING THE FSL REVIEWS

CHAPTER 19 BUILDING THE LAST FRONTIER, THE LEAN STRATEGY

CHAPTER 20 SELECTED SAYINGS OF TAIICHI OHNO

CHAPTER 21 CALLING FOR FSL ASSESSMENT

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