About Creating a Lean Culture
Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award
The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any Lean transformation an ongoing success. It shows you how to implement a sustainable, successful transformation by developing a culture that has your stakeholders throughout the organizational chart involved and invested in the outcome. It teaches you how to successfully navigate the politics in cross-functional process improvement projects, and to engage executives in ways that are personally meaningful to them. If you are a leader at any level in an organization undergoing or considering a Lean transformation, this is where you should start and finish … and start again.
Read the Reviews:
“This book became an instant classic in the literature of professional operations. In this third edition, David Mann updates and expands his teaching with five additional years of valuable experience and expertise derived from his very active, multi-industry consultancy. I have benefitted greatly from his writing and wholeheartedly recommend this book to be top-of-the desk of any serious Lean practitioner or performance transformation leader.”
– Raymond C. Floyd, two-time Shingo Prize Winner, President and CEO, Plasco Energy Group
“David Mann builds substantially on his seminal work on the Lean management system. The book is full of new insight and polishes the most important ideas about Lean management. The new chapter on engaging executive leadership alone is worth the price of the book.”
– Peter Ward, Richard M. Ross Professor and Chair, Department of Management Science, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
“This book has long been my ‘go-to’ guide on Lean management practices that help create a culture of continuous improvement and excellence. I have recommended the book to countless healthcare leaders who rave about how helpful it is in translating Lean principles into daily management behaviors. The healthcare examples make it even more relevant as a must read for any hospital leader who aims to move beyond Lean tools..”
-Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals, co-author of Healthcare Kaizen and The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen
“As more companies outside the manufacturing sector pursue Lean transformations, Creating a Lean Culture is as critical a resource as ever. Breaking down silos and navigating tricky internecine politics remain a momentous challenge, and Mann’s case-based insights are an invaluable tool.”
– Peg Pennington, Executive Director, Center for Operational Excellence, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
“David has once again taken the topics that trip us up and put structure and guidance around them. His new work on executive involvement is worth the price of the book all by itself. Many of us have struggled with this topic and David provides a path to success.”
– Elizabeth M. King, Vice President Organizational Effectiveness, ESCO Corporation
New in the Third Edition:
Contains new chapter on engaging executives in Lean initiatives Includes 21 new case studies Presents new examples from the healthcare and process industries Includes additional gemba worksheets for learning and teaching Lean Provides expanded coverage of Lean applications in complex cross functional value stream pr
- Complete Title: Creating a Lean Culture
- Format: Paperback
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- Number of Pages: 402
- Publication Time: December 10, 2014
- Publisher: Routledge
- ISBN: 1482243237
- ISBN13: 9781482243239
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Reviews Creating a Lean Culture
Rob
This is an excellent book but must be read in proper order with other books of similar topics.I recommend the following order (so far):”The Goal” Goldratt”It’s Not Luck” Goldratt”Lean Thinking” Womack…
E
How to create a management system for lean productionLean production offers the promise of competitive, high-quality, low-cost manufacturing, but operating it successfully requires a lean management s…
Felipe Moreira
Ao propor que a cultura de organização é, na verdade, produto do seu sistema de gerenciamento, o autor propõe que a implementação (e sustentação) da cultura Lean se dá através da mudança no…
Brian Widmer
This book serves as a sort of how-to for creating and sustaining lean culture. If you are looking for a book that introduces lean concepts and gives general insights, I would recommend looking elsewhe…
Kimberly McKenzie
By far, the best book I read on sustaining and creating a Lean environment. The book contains a multitude of case studies and practical examples. Most books get caught up in theory, not this one! If y…
Ramesh Ruthrasekar
Nice book addressing shop floor application troubles of Lean+ Focus on shop floor strengthening of Lean and process thinking is very credible+ Easy read- Verbal diarrhoea, the author could have used m…
Daniel
This is a great resource for setting out on a lean journey. And a great tool to share and teach from. There are practical examples and templates in the book and on the associated website.I have worked…
Jon
This is a highly specialized book, so unless you are interested in Lean Processes, this book is not for you. I am reading this book for work and to be quite frank, I feel like I shouldn’t be reading t…
Gavin
Good template for attempting to create change in an organization. All that being said, I have observed first-hand the reactions of those who don’t want to apply themselves or resist the influence of d…