Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits

Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits
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Страниц
 
288
ISBN
 
081441057X
Издатель
 
Jossey-Bass
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Новые поступления. Бизнес и экономика

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Going Lean sets aside the notion that efficient operations and powerful innovations are only possible when business is steady and demand is growing. Instead, companies must learn that sudden shifts or unpredictable conditions need not undermine theirsults. Led by a new breed of companies–Toyota, Wal-Mart, and Southwest Airlines—a powerful, yet unexpected mindset is reshaping the rules for business competitiveness. By using Lean Dynamics™—based on the now-famous Toyota Production System—companies evwhere can thrive in virtually any environment. In Going Lean, readers will learn how to: become broadly effective in creating and sustaining value • set a critical foundation for achieving sustained excellence • identify sources of lag and create robuvalue streams that thrive in today’s dynamic conditions • describe the underlying techniques to maintain steady and predictable flow • create a system based on “pull,” or external demand that consistently introduces new innovation...

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