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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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Cover; Advance Praise; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; THE MANAGEMENT EQUATION; Productivity; Authors; Chapter 1: Why Leadership Matters; MAINTAINING A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE; Diagnosing; Adapting; Communicating; The Ability to Assess a Situation; Effectiveness: Doing the Right Thing Efficiently; Effective Observation; Management by Walking Around; Management Two Layers Down; Starting With a Theme; Conclusion; Chapter 2: The True Meaning of Kaizen; Difference between Kaizen and Improvement; Who Performs Kaizen in Your Company? |
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The Power of 100 Ideas a YearThe Contagious Power of Kaizen; Inspiration Directly into Practice on the Shop Floor; The Process of Kaizen; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Monozukuri; The Art of Making: Monozukuri; Employeesâ#x80;#x99; Collective Mindset; Work Environment Affects Performance; Itâ#x80;#x99;s All About Trust; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Communicating the Workplace Culture; Toyotaâ#x80;#x99;s Two Pillars; Workplace Communication; The Importance of Frontline Supervisors; Skills to Management Level; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Management Mindset; Confronting Waste; Providing a Challenging Environment is Essential |
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Setting Challenging GoalsBlending Kaizen and a Management Mindset; Kaizen Suggestion System; TOTO; OM Sangyo; Sinko Air Conditioning; Kaizen Activity Visualization Board; Department-Based Kaizen Boards; Yamaguchi Seiki Kogyo; Conclusion; Chapter 6: How to Assess Shop Floor Morale; Morale; Enthusiastically Greeting the Day; Greeting Visitors; Moving in the Morning; Morale and Physical Workplace Conditions; Business Entrances; Additional Efforts; Parking Lots; Introduction to the Company; Welcome Signs; Department Boards; Purposely Arranged Operations; Raise Your Voice to Raise Morale |
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The Elephant in ChainsYaruzo Call; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Identifying and Removing Waste; Defining Waste; Removing Waste Once Identified; Implementing the 5Sâ#x80;#x99;s; Maintaining 5S; Wastes of Stagnation and Motion; How Can We Identify Stagnation Waste?; The Store and the Fridge; Give Your Materials the 3F; Using Kanban to Eliminate Stagnation Waste; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Using Production Boards for Time Management; Daily Challenges of a Manager; Prestart Activities; Managementâ#x80;#x99;s Daily Standard Work; To Prepare, You Must Have Daily Data; Everyone Can Contribute to Tracking Data |
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Visualizing The DataVisualizing Production Management; Transitioning From Daily to Hourly Management; Hourly Production Exampleâ#x80;#x94;Nabeya; Leveling Your Production; Management by Time Units; Production Management Boards vs. Electronic Scoreboards; Update the Board by Hand; Using Visual Management Boards to Reduce Overtime; Eliminating The Waste of Stagnation by Applying Time Management; Putting Production Boards into Actionâ#x80;#x94;Tanaka Foods; Reducing Production Breakdowns; Equipment Maintenance; An Example of Daily Maintenance in Practice; Material Checking; The First-In, First-Out Method |
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"What does it take to manage an organization to success? No matter what industry you are in, an organization is primarily a group of people. This book focuses on that ever-important human element. In the rush to get 'lean', many organizations focus solely on tools for increasing productivity, but where do these tools come from? In this book, Collin McLoughlin and Toshihiko Miura look back on their decades of international consulting experience to examine how organizations around the world have transformed on a cultural level by respecting the people who work within them and leveraging their creativity to solve problems. As our workforce becomes more knowledgeable, skillful, and more perceptive of their needs and wants as employees, the ability to reach the true potential of an organization becomes more and more difficult. Managers must look at each individual element of an equation like this in order to fully understand how to achieve an answer. They must begin to answer more focused questions, such as:1. How productive is the existing work climate and culture?2. How do employees, as individuals, navigate the existing work climate? (How do they deal with day-today issues with each other?)3. Where and how are individuals and their work processes assessed?4. What obstacles do employees face every day, and are they empowered to fix these obstacles?5. What role does leadership play at each level of the organization? (Looking at the organization in layers of management.)To address these challenges, this book focuses on three main aspects of leadership and management:1. Addressing and Improving the Perspective of Management -- The ideas presented in this book are not limited to a certain industry or field of work, but can be applied in any setting because they speak to a universal human element.2. Exploring and Improving Work Climate -- Organizations are social entities, operating within their own controlled environment. This book will explore the factors that contribute to, and encourage, a positive work climate.3. Observing and Eliminating Wasteful Work Processes -- Observing wasteful activities and work processes requires a refined perspective. The case studies presented illustrate the How and Why to help refine expertise. This will also lead to the joy and benefits "--Provided by publisher |
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Total quality management.
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Continuous improvement process.
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Industrial productivity.
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Organizational behavior.
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Corporate culture.
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Total Quality Management
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Organizational Culture
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Continuous improvement process
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Corporate culture
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Industrial productivity
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Organizational behavior
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Total quality management
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Miura, Toshihiko
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| ISBN |
9781351719124 |
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1351719122 |
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