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Informationen zum Autor Nick Rich is RCUK Innovative Manufacturing Fellow and Director of the Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre! Cardiff University. Nicola Bateman is a senior research fellow at the Lean Enterprise Research Centre! Cardiff University. Ann Essain is a senior research fellow at the Lean Enterprise Research Centre! Cardiff University. Lynn Massey is a post doctoral fellow at the School of International Business! Queensland University of Technology. Donna Samuel is a senior research associate at Cardiff Business School! Cardiff University. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. Final words; References.
