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Title Lean evolution : lessons from the workplace / Nick Rich [and others]
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding the lean journey; 3 Understanding your organisation; 4 Laying the foundation stone of CANDO; 5 Visual management and performance measurement; 6 Problem solving, TQM and Six Sigma; 7 Pull systems; 8 Total productive manufacturing (TPM); 9 Sustainability; 10 Group learning; 11 Reflections and future challenges; References; Index
Summary Lean thinking is a powerful method that allows organizations to improve the productivity, efficiency, and quality of their products or services. This book shows how it can be applied in practice, highlighting the key challenges. For managers at all levels, as well as business students and researchers in lean thinking
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Industrial efficiency.
Organizational effectiveness.
Industrial management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Facility Management.
Industrial efficiency
Industrial management
Organizational effectiveness
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Rich, Nick.
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