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Book SynopsisIn Using Hoshin Kanri to Improve the Value Stream, leading lean and quality expert Elizabeth Cudney constructs a complete how-to guide that any organization can employ to start a Lean effort correctly and keep it on track. Rooted in practical examples garnered over years of hand-on practice, she illustrates the key principles of lean and value, and then shows you how to put them to work.
Cudney points out that organizations often fail at improvement because they go after symptomatic problems rather than the faulty system-wide processes at the root of those problems. She shows you how to avoid this common misstep by using value stream mapping to create a current-state map. Done properly, this map will help everyone in your organization come to understand just how they deliver value to customers and where flawed processes cause them to fall short.
The next step is to create a future-state map that defines best processes. Wh
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Every industrial engineer should purchase Using Hoshin Kanri to Improve the Value Stream. It provides the key to using the Hoshin Kanri framework and integrating it with the foundations of industrial engineering.
— Marjorie Koch, President, Lean Division, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Cudney's book provides a clear and concise view of how to best use Hoshin Kanri to drive improvement and realize the level of results organizations want and need. ... should be required reading for all business executives.— Karen Martin, Karen Martin & Associates, Author of The Kaizen Event Planner
Table of ContentsLean as a Competitive Strategy. Strategic Thinking. Understanding Value Improve. Plan and Implement. Conclusion. Leancyclopedia. Lean Glossary. Additional Resources.
