Creating a Lean Culture - 9781439811412

For leaders at any level in an organization, Mann (operations management, Ohio State U.), an organizational psychologist who developed and applied concepts of a lean management system throughout his career, introduces a lean system for management as an important part of successful lean conversions and describes the basic elements of lean management and its implementation. This edition has more on applications in administrative, technical, and professional environments; new information on how to begin implementation in discrete manufacturing, office, healthcare, and process manufacturing environments; and how to engage executives through gemba walks. It includes information on lean training; the difference between measuring improvement through results and processes; new case studies; and expansion of the lean management assessment based on actual use, with two online versions for manufacturing and administrative, technical, and professional settings. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)