Description
Book SynopsisThe Lean Expert: Educating and Elevating Lean Practitioners Throughout Your Organization outlines a method that can help organizations engage associates and empower them to achieve expert status in the nine core principles of Lean. By implementing the Lean Discipline Expert process detailed in the book, companies will demonstrate to their associates that they believe they are the organization's greatest assets, while empowering them to make lasting improvements to the organization.
The book provides a robust and proven process for creating a Lean culture. It outlines a method, with defined steps, for the development of Lean Discipline Resource People that will help associates achieve expert status in the core Lean principles of 5SVisual Management, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Total Productive Maintenance, Quick Changeover, Error Proofing, Process Problem Solving, Material Management, and Continuous Improvement.
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Table of Contents
Introduction to the Lean Discipline Expert Process. Selecting Lean Discipline Expert Candidates. LDE Checklist, Status Look-Across Chart, Facilitation Feedback Form, and Recognition. LDE 5S/Visual Management. LDE Value Stream Mapping. LDE Standard Work (Cyclical and Noncyclical). LDE Total Productive Maintenance. LDE Quick Changeover/SMED. Error Detection/Proofing. LDE Process Problem Solving. LDE Material Management. LDE Continuous Improvement. The Lean Library. Support Tools for the Visual Factory. Summary.
