Easier, Simpler, Faster

Systems Strategy for Lean IT

Jean Cunningham, Duane Jones

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781563273537
• eBook ISBN: 9781000170214
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

To enhance and sustain its Lean journey, a company must implement information systems that fully support and enhance the Lean initiative. In Easier, Simpler, Faster: Systems Strategy for Lean IT, Jean Cunningham and Duane Jones introduce the case study of an actual Lean implementation involving the IT system of a mid-size manufacturer, highlighting the IT challenges that the manufacturer faced during the Lean transformation. Winner of a Shingo Prize, this book will provide you with a broader vision as well as a path to what a Lean system environment will look like for your company.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Lean Basics to Define Your Customer Value, Eliminate Wastes, and Align IS
• Chapter 2: Applying Standardization to Information Systems
• Chapter 3: Integrating Your Order Entry into the Information Highway
• Chapter 4: Selecting, Enabling, and Customizing Your ERP System
• Chapter 5: Kanban: Reducing Inventory and Managing Pull with Suppliers
• Chapter 6: Reshuffling MRP to Align with Kanban and Lean
• Chapter 7: Mission to Go Live–Building Teams and Overcoming Barriers
• Chapter 8: Capturing, Managing, and Sharing Information
• Chapter 9: Lean Accounting Systems
• Appendix I: Seven Steps to Eliminating Standard Cost from an Information System
• Appendix II: The Thirteen Guiding Information System Principles
• Index
• About the Authors