
Value Stream Management for the Lean Office
Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, & Sustaining Lean Improvements in Administrative Areas
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Supplementary Resources Disclaimer
- Overview
- Introduction
- Step 1. Commit to Lean
- Step 2. Choose the Value Stream
- Step 3. Learn About Lean
- Step 4. Map the Current State
- Step 5. Identify Lean Metrics
- Step 6-Phase I. Map the Future StateāCustomer Demand
- Step 6-Phase II. Map the Future Stateā
- Step 6-Phase III. Map the Future State-Leveling
- Step 7. Create Kaizen Plans
- Step 8. Implement Kaizen Plans
- Glossary
- References
- Index