Lean Culture: Collected Practices & Cases

  • 1h 51m
  • Productivity Press Development Team
  • CRC Press
  • 2005

The hard part of implementing a lean transformation, according to most experts, is dealing with the "soft" issues, such as culture change. Getting employees to live and breathe lean -- actively supporting and buying into lean concepts and philosophy, always searching for ways to eliminate waste, and continuously improving processes and providing greater value for customers -- is the real challenge when building and sustaining a lean culture.

Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturer Advisor: the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press. All focus on cultural issues, ranging from the role of top management, to training and development of workers and managers, to building buy-in and to sustaining the culture.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

  • Practical, in-depth descriptions of cultural issues in a lean transformation, written in a conversational, easy-to-read style.
  • Many case studies unavailable from any other single source.
  • Articles categorized by specific area - all desired information is easily located.

In this Book

  • Lean Culture—Collected Practices & Cases
  • Introduction
  • Aggressive Management Builds a New Hartz Mountain Culture
  • The Ways to Win Hearts and Minds
  • Creating a New Culture Is Company’s First Priority
  • Tips for Molding a Kaizen Culture
  • Employees Offer Suggestions When a Process Is in Place
  • Approach Is Key in Attempt To Make a Union a Partner
  • The Really Tough Part—Selling Lean to the CEO
  • “Semi-Stealth” Strategy Turns Top Executives Into Believers
  • Plan to Increase Your Skills Inventory
  • Acquiring and Building Expertise
  • Plan Your Search Carefully to Get the Right Lean Leader
  • Improving Hiring Processes Saves Both Time and Money
  • Ten Critical Areas Where Supervisors Need Your Help With Culture Change
  • Structured Program Builds Skills of Team Leaders
  • Want a High-Level Job Here? You Better Learn Lean First
  • Plastics Firm’s Lean Team Is Its Source of New Talent
  • An Assessment Tool Tells You Whether Your Culture Is Lean
  • Nine Steps for Getting TPM Buy-In From Varied Groups
  • Frequent Feedback Fosters Changes in Company Culture
  • A Good Day of Production Begins With a Good Meeting
  • Compensation Helps Lean Pay Off
  • Incentives Should Be Based On Outcomes, Not Activities
  • Satisfaction Yields Improved Results
  • Integrate Your Improvement Methods If You Want Your Initiatives to Last
  • Citations
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