The New Lean Pocket Guide XL
by Don Tapping
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Author: Don TappingEdition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-05
ISBN: 0977072010
Number of pages: 212
Publisher: MCS Media, Inc.
Book Reviews of The New Lean Pocket Guide XL
Book Review: Organizations should buy this in bulk and hand them out en mass
Summary: 4 Stars
This spiral bound handbook is small enough and inexpensive enough to really warrant wide distribution within a company. The sections are concisely written and provide good, step-by-step instructions for using the tools it contains. This is exactly the type of information that should be widely available to staff members because who knows better than the people doing the work what could be improved. Knowing what could be improved is only half the battle though, a plan of action that is feasible is required to transform idle talk into cost-savings and improved quality.
This book provides those plans of action. It can help anyone who can take the time to read 3 or 4 pages to figure out a method to actually accomplish improvements rather than just talk about it over lunch with co-workers. I found this little guide takes much of the resistance out of change because everyone can see in a few pages how and why things are going to be done rather than just having management dictate changes to be made. Of course the people in charge of overseeing the process of value added changes should read further on the subjects contained inside this guide. For everyone else though this is a handy cheat-sheet that can be used to help explain different aspects of lean in a down to earth manner. Lean is something that is best tackled in small bites, eliminating waste here and streamlining process there on a daily basis and that sort of commitment requires a handy reference tool that doesn't require week long classes or chapters of reading to accomplish something. This guide gives you tools that can get results.
I ran across a few spelling/grammar errors that keep me from giving 5 stars but nothing show-stopping.
Summary of The New Lean Pocket Guide XL
The most comprehensive and practical explanation of Lean concepts and tools made for the shop floor is now available in a larger format. The New Lean Pocket Guide XL has over 120 illustrations to visually convey the tools and concepts, along with detailed descriptions of all the Lean tools. This newer and larger version of the best selling The Lean Pocket Guide also includes: a section on Lean Office and Six Sigma, 20+ digital photos demonstrating Lean in action, a Waste Audit, and a Glossary of Lean terms. The tools of 5S, value stream mapping, document tagging, continuous flow, standard work, visual control, takt time, pitch, runners, waste, plus numerous other Lean tools are thoroughly defined as well as guidelines provided for the implementation of each tool. This version has digital photos of Lean production best practices throughout!
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