Strategic Lean Mapping: Blending Improvement Processes for the Perfect Solution

by Steve Borris

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Proven methods for diagnosing problems, improving processes, and increasing profits

In Strategic Lean Mapping, continuous improvement expert Steven Borris reveals how to visually document your organization's processes and identify problematic issues. Find out how to blend and then apply select techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency), and other methodologies to implement the perfect solution to the task at hand. Diagrams, charts, and real-world case studies help you to put the concepts presented into practice. This hands-on guide will help small companies, large global organizations, and government agencies alike find ideal solutions for individual processes or projects.

Coverage includes:

Finding improvement opportunitiesThe five principles of LeanThe seven wastes of LeanThe big picture mapSWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysisProcess mappingCapacity mappingLean Manufacturing, the value-stream map, and partial valueProblem solving and decision making

  • ISBN10 6613522325
  • ISBN13 9786613522320
  • Publish Date 8 February 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 5 July 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 208
  • Language English