Value Stream Management for the Lean Office
eBook - ePub

Value Stream Management for the Lean Office

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

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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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Operations

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Supplementary Resources Disclaimer
  6. Overview
  7. Introduction
  8. Step 1. Commit to Lean
  9. Step 2. Choose the Value Stream
  10. Step 3. Learn About Lean
  11. Step 4. Map the Current State
  12. Step 5. Identify Lean Metrics
  13. Step 6-Phase I. Map the Future State—Customer Demand
  14. Step 6-Phase II. Map the Future State—
  15. Step 6-Phase III. Map the Future State-Leveling
  16. Step 7. Create Kaizen Plans
  17. Step 8. Implement Kaizen Plans
  18. Glossary
  19. References
  20. Index