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Powering the Lean Enterprise

How to Streamline Operations, Improve Quality, and Gain Customer Loyalty

By: Bill Artzberger

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Powering the Lean Enterprise

How to Streamline Operations, Improve Quality, and Gain Customer Loyalty

By: Bill Artzberger

The goal of Lean is to identify and eliminate nonessential and non-value-adding steps in business processes to streamline operations, improve quality, and gain customer loyalty. Implementation of Lean technologies for many prestigious Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller companies has netted larger profit margins, higher-quality products and services, improved employee engagement, increased customer satisfaction, and lower operating costs. The return on investment regarding Lean initiatives has been stellar. This book introduces basic Lean rules and principles in a variety of simulated case studies drawn from the author’s professional experiences as a Lean coach, trainer, and manager. In each instance, the author presents a different scenario for implementing Lean technologies. In this book, you will learn about: – Lean thinking – Lean mindset – The 4 Lean rules and 5 Lean principles – The Lean transformation roadmap – Lean leadership – Five common Lean pitfalls and how to avoid them – Kaizen workshops – Daily improvements and Kata

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1040131336

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Fostering Innovation

How to Develop Innovation as a Core Competency and Connect the Principles of Lean in Your Organization

By: Bill Artzberger

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Fostering Innovation

How to Develop Innovation as a Core Competency and Connect the Principles of Lean in Your Organization

By: Bill Artzberger

While innovation can be defined in many ways, the author sees it as a process. It is not the sudden eureka moment in the middle of the night, nor is it a clear and linear path towards a final destination. Instead, it involves a strong sense of creativity and curiosity. An innovative mind has a natural inclination towards out-of-the-box thinking. It involves a willingness to try something new, without fear or judgment, to develop something no one else has ever articulated. While the mindset comes naturally, it requires fuel to keep it running. Innovators are voracious readers and researchers. They feed their mindset all of the fuel it needs to stay informed and relevant in their field. Many of the same things can be said for the Lean mindset. Lean management doesn’t happen overnight, and it is very rarely a clear and linear path to true Lean thinking. Some might consider Lean a subset of innovative thinking, while others see it in reverse. Regardless of the relationship’s directionality, one thing is certain: You cannot have one without the other. This book follows John Riley, the CEO of a medium-sized valve company just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who will stop at nothing to create an innovative work environment. Through the ups and downs of his journey, he learns a number of Lean and innovative skills, strategies, and mindsets to help him build the business he’s always envisioned for himself. Throughout the book, you see examples of both strong and poor innovative leadership skills demonstrated by each of the main characters. The key messages are ones that help leaders build and access a mindset insistent on continuous improvement. Leadership techniques and abilities that bolster creative thought and problem-solving are the most successful throughout this book. To be truly innovative, you can never stop driving the learning process. For this to happen, leaders need to recognize when there is a need for a change or improvement. This is the beauty of the marriage between Lean and innovation: They both require continuous learning and growth. The desire to improve is only one piece of this equation, however. The other is the willingness to act. Without both of these factors, true innovation will always be out of reach.

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1000750167

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Powering the Lean Enterprise

Fundamentals of Lean for Super-Charging Your Company & Your Life

By: Bill Artzberger

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Powering the Lean Enterprise

Fundamentals of Lean for Super-Charging Your Company & Your Life

By: Bill Artzberger

In Powering the Lean Enterprise, author Bill Artzberger introduces basic lean rules and principles in a variety of simulated cases drawn from his personal experiences as a lean coach, trainer and manager. "The goal of lean is to identify and eliminate non-essential and non-value-added steps in the business process," states Bill.

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Fostering Innovation

How to Develop Innovation as a Core Competency and Connect the Principles of Lean in Your Organization

By: Bill Artzberger

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How to Develop Innovation as a Core Competency and Connect the Principles of Lean in Your Organization

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Driving Operational Excellence

Successful Lean Six SIGMA Secrets to Improve the Bottom Line

By: Ron Crabtree

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Driving Operational Excellence

Successful Lean Six SIGMA Secrets to Improve the Bottom Line

By: Ron Crabtree

If you take 24 Lean Six Sigma gurus and ask them to reveal their most closely-guarded secrets... to uncover their most valuable tips, techniques, and tactics for creating Lean speed and Six Sigma quality in any organization... what would these experts give to you? They would give you this book. Here are the very best Lean Six Sigma strategies, methodologies, and tools... condensed, stripped down, and taught in a jargon-free style that not only teaches you how to revolutionize your organization... but prepares you to transform yourself into the kind of game-changing leader who is able to run ahead of the pack and inspire others to work together to drive real and lasting changes within your organization.

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Metaops Publishing, LLC

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0982787103

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