Lean QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide To Lean

by Benjamin Sweeney, Benjamin Sweeney

Lean Waste Reduction and Process Optimization SimplifiedAre you struggling to combat waste within your organization?Lean is the answer. ENHANCED & EXPANDED SECOND EDITION Now even easier and more helpful than before!You've heard the terms, and you've read rave reviews about the results. Lean is here to stay and it is changing the way businesses thrill their customers and create lasting competitive edge.This best-selling guide to Lean methodology provides you with the foundational tools you need to understand Lean thinking and harness the power of the exact methods that have been creating unmatched levels of efficiency and success for modern manufacturers.Yesterday, it was enough to have heard about Lean. Today, everyone from the very front lines all the way up to the boardroom must be on the absolute cutting edge of business improvement.This QuickStart Guide is a valuable tool for both beginners and experts.Written with comprehension and ease of learning in mind, the Lean QuickStart Guide is as valuable and actionable as it gets. Business author Benjamin Sweeney leaves the jargon and the confusing industry language at the door for a concise self-paced learning journey that is at home on the factory floor or in the college classroom.Complex Lean concepts are broken down into bite-sized chunks and enhanced with extensive charts, graphs, and instructive illustrations to aid and accelerate the learning process.This is Lean like never simplified, actionable, and valuable for your organization.**New**Your purchase comes with free lifetime access to our collection of relevant digital assets. These guides, summaries, checklists, and cheat sheets enhance your learning journey and supplement this QuickStart Guide.You’ll Learn...The story behind Foundational Lean TerminologyThe six components of Lean PhilosophyThe “pull production” philosophy of Lean productionThe Importance of Value Stream MappingTools for Effective Value Stream MappingKaizen, Takt Time, Poke Yoke, SMED, Production Leveling and More!ClydeBank Media LLCAll Rights Reserved

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2015

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[Jaideep Khanduja · Rating 4 out of 5]

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#leanbusinessmodel A Must Listen Audio Book On Lean Business Model

Lean QuickStart Guide: A Simplified Beginner’s Guide To Lean by ClydeBank Business is meant for all persons who know nothing or very little about Lean, persons who have a little knowledge and exposure (working experience), or persons who want to examine their depth in the subject. The book has been carved well in such a manner to ensure that the concepts and ideas behind Lean are well understood. The book prepares you well on the subject to enable you to understand the Lean Business Model in any kind of industry or organization environment. After finishing this book, you will be able to take the Lean approach for all problems you handle.

I have started liking the audio books as it helps me to keep listening to it while on the go. The book has been narrated well by Lucy Vest. Lean, Scrum, Agile, TQM (Total Quality Management), Process Improvement are some of the common terms in use in today’s professional and business world. But what lies exactly behind these words is important to understand. The book talks in depth about the philosophies, concepts, and techniques of Lean business model. You can incorporate these concepts or ideas only once your own fundamentals are thorough. Lean QuickStart Guide: A Simplified Beginner’s Guide To Lean by ClydeBank Business promises to do that for you.

In today’s dynamic world, Lean is one of the most feasible and demanded business operations model around the globe. In that sense, it is good to read (or listen to) this book for all Lean business model enthusiasts from any industry vertical. The book starts with explaining you the important terminologies, and further explains you the six components that build Lean philosophy, the meaning of Lean production (Pill production), Value stream mapping and its significance, how to make value stream mapping effective with the help of tools, and finally the mistakes to avoid while performing your Lean Business Model journey.

[Bob Wallner · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is. a fair introduction to lean. I felt most areas were covered simply enough to prime the reader. I did feel a couple areas were over complicated. I specifically talking about the VSM section. The author really over complicated this core piece, never really covering its purose...seeing material and informational flow. He talked about all kinds kidnapping but never mentioned. spaghetti mapping.

Again decent intro book.

[Ammon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a copy of this audiobook free of charge in exchange for my honest feedback.

Overall, it was a pretty good intro to the vocabulary, but hardly scratched the surface of Lean.

The included PDF was pretty useful; I may review it again later.

The narrator was pleasant and a good fit for this type of instructional material. She didn't distract from the content.