The Lean Practitioner's Handbooks(English, Paperback, Eaton Mark)
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The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook bridges the gap between the tools and concepts of Lean and the practical use of the tools. It offers a practical, easily accessible resource for anyone preparing for, implementing or evaluating Lean activities, covering key areas such as: Aspects of a Lean programme Scoping a programme Value stream mapping 2P and 3P events Rapid improvement events Managing for daily improvement How to engage your team Spotting problems and communicating progress In addition, it offers a snapshot summary of key tools and concepts of Lean with easily applicable templates. The checklists and templates are available online by registering at www.koganpage. com/Lean About the Author Mark Eaton is the MD and operations director of Amnis, a consultancy specializing in helping organizations prepare for, implement and sustain improvement using a combination of Strategic Planning, Lean/Sigma and Change Management approaches. Mark is an engineer by training but has spent the last 15 years involved in service improvement, business improvement and Lean in a variety of sectors. A frequent presenter at conferences, workshops and masterclasses, he has also written the book Lean for Practitioners. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Planning for Lean Chapter 2: Key Lean concepts Chapter 3: Scoping projects Chapter 4: Value stream mapping events Chapter 5: 2P/3P events Chapter 6: Rapid improvement events (RIE) Chapter 7: Managing for daily improvement (MDl) Chapter 8: Leader standard work (LSW) Chapter 9: Strategic planning Chapter 10: Engaging the team Chapter 11: Ensuring success Chapter 12: Communications and celebrations Chapter 13: Key tools and concepts Glossary References Index