Book Review

Building a Fit Organization 0
- Book Review
- March 28, 2016
There have been countless literary volumes written about Lean (I know I have read a lot of them) but alas organizations still fail to be excellent. Too many business leaders see process improvement as a mere project, something separate from the more “pressing” goals of profits and growth. That is where they go wrong. And
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Book Review: Management Lessons From Taiichi Ohno 0
- Book Review
- September 9, 2015
It can be invaluable to learn from the creator of a system and the book “Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno” does just that. Takehico Harada is the author of this comprehensive and informative guidebook into the Toyota Production System (TPS) and to the man who invented it, Taiichi Ohno. Mr. Harada shares firsthand knowledge of
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Book Review: Value Stream Mapping 0
- Book Review
- May 14, 2014
Value Stream Mapping is a foundational approach to visualizing your systems to optimize value through focused improvements. My good friend Karen Martin and Mike Osterling present a detailed guide to this approach in their book Value Stream Mapping. Karen and Mike attempt to address 3 common gaps in value stream mapping (VSM): 1) Unfamiliarity with
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Book Review: Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma 0
- Book Review
- April 16, 2014
One of the aspects of being a vocal Lean practitioner I enjoy is the frequent request for editorial/book reviews. I find great value in continuously learning. I want to share a recent review with you. Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma: Building Positive and Engaging Business Improvement is a valuable and insightful book written by David Shaked.
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Book Review: Jim Womack’s Gemba Walks Expanded 2nd Edition 0
- Book Review
- April 9, 2014
My good friends at the Lean Enterprise Institute sent me Jim Womack’s newest book Gemba Walks Expanded 2nd Edition. In a significantly expanded second edition of his popular Gemba Walks book Jim Womack illustrates the power of rooting improvement efforts in deliberate visits to the “gemba,” a Japanese word for the place where value is
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Book Review: Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement 0
- Book Review
- June 12, 2013
Jeffrey Liker is at it again with another addition. Building upon his international bestselling Toyota Way series of books, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement looks critically at lean deployments and identifies the root causes of why most of them fail. The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement by Liker and Franz is a result of
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