Value Stream Management for the Lean Office
eBook - PDF

Value Stream Management for the Lean Office

Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, & Sustaining Lean Improvements in Administrative Areas

  1. 163 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Value Stream Management for the Lean Office

Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, & Sustaining Lean Improvements in Administrative Areas

About this book

Bring Lean Improvements to the Administrative Areas of Your Organization!

Extending their eight-step process to the realization of a lean office, Tapping and Shuker use a customer service case studyto illustrate the effectiveness of the value stream storyboard.This popular volume provides organizations with a proven system for implementing lean principles in the office. In addition to providing a thorough overview of basic lean concepts, this book details methods for identifying the administrative activities in need of attention. To address these, it applies the eight-step process for removing waste and reorganizing workflow. Accompanying the book are downloadable resources containing a lean assessment tool, a storyboard template, charts, a team charter, and worksheets.

Along with this book you receive downloadable resources containing a lean assessment tool, a storyboard template, useful charts, a team charter, forms, reports, and worksheets!

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Information

Year
2018
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781482278170

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Overview
  4. Introduction
  5. Step 1. Commit to Lean
  6. Step 2. Choose the Value Stream
  7. Step 3. Learn About Lean
  8. Step 4. Map the Current State
  9. Step 5. Identify Lean Metrics
  10. Step 6–Phase I. Map the Future State—Customer Demand
  11. Step 6–Phase II. Map the Future State—Continuous Flow
  12. Step 6–Phase III. Map the Future State—Leveling
  13. Step 7. Create Kaizen Plans
  14. Step 8. Implement Kaizen Plans
  15. Glossary
  16. References

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