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Lean Startup in Large Organizations
Author James A. Euchner
Large corporations must become far more agile in implementing new products and new business models. The pace of technology change, the blurring of industry boundaries, and the agility and resources of startups in almost every industry segment demand it.Many companies have begun to adopt the principl....
Release Date 2022/02 -
QuickValue: Discover Your Value and Empower Your Business in Three Easy Steps
Author Reed Phillips , Charles Slack
Gain the competitive edge by conducting a valuation of your company every year―quickly, accurately, and inexpensivelyBusiness leaders who know their company’s value at any given moment are more likely to seize the competitive edge―especially these days, when adding digital capabilities can dramatica....
Release Date 2021/11 -
Yes, You Can Do This! How Women Start Up, Scale Up, and Build The Life They Want
Author Claudia Reuter
How women can "lean in" to entrepreneurship to create the life they want! Claudia Reuter left a promising corporate career to raise her two young children but realized, when re-entering the workforce, that the gap in her resume looked like a gap in ambition—not a purposef....
Release Date 2020/02 -
Author Taiichi Ohno
In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time. Combining his candid insights with a rigorous analysis....
Release Date 2019/12 -
Author Jean Dahl
Companies from startups to corporate giants face massive amounts of disruption today. Now more than ever, organizations need nimble and responsive leaders who know how to exploit the opportunities that change brings. In this insightful book, Jean Dahl, a senior exe....
Release Date 2019/10 -
What's Your Competitive Advantage?
Author Paul Raspin , Cliff Bowman
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Release Date 2018/12 -
Author Susanne Pejstrup , Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen
Responding to a recent surge in interest, this is the first book to comprehensively address how Lean thinking and tools can be implemented in agriculture. This handbook breaks down barriers, clearly showing how techniques originally developed for use in factories wo....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Lean Development and Innovation
Author Luciano Attolico
Using Toyota's principles for product and process development, this book focuses the implementation of the Lean system during the past 10 years in dozens of corporations across various industries. The book highlights all steps on the journey from common trouble are....
Release Date 2018/10 -
The BASICS Lean™ Implementation Model
Author William Keen , Daniel Protzman , Charles W. Protzman III
In 2004 Charlie Protzman created The BASICS Lean Implementation Model, which covers the full spectrum of what is needed to be effective and successful at implementing a Lean System. The reader is taken through a step by step approach developed over the last 15 year....
Release Date 2018/10 -
The Myths and Truths of Lean Transformations
Author Raymond Kelly
This book is a crucial resource for Lean practitioners (experienced or not) who are seeking: insight on how to gain more from their Lean efforts, how to overcome resistance to change (that is, to effectively convey 'What’s in it for me?' to their business associa....
Release Date 2018/09 -
Author Daniel Protzman , Fred Whiton , Charles W. Protzman
Everyone has heard the phrase about doing twice the work in half the time, but instead of focusing only on time, this book focuses on driving increased output with consistently less input. Implementing Lean: Twice the Output with Half the Input! teaches readers not ....
Release Date 2018/09 -
Author Dr. Alan S. Gutterman
This book traces the foundations for sustainable entrepreneurship, beginning with sustainability, ecopreneurship, and social entrepreneurship. Sustainability has become a multidimensional concept that extends beyond environmental protection to economic development ....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Author Michael Nir
Use this practical, step-by-step guide on lean agile strategy to harness technological disruption at your large business to successfully advance your business rather than suffer a loss of business. The lean agile enterprise concept is demystified and translated int....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author David Shiers , Miles Keeping
An inside view of how one of the world's leading architecture and engineering practice does businessSustainable Built Environments: Principles and Practice offers detailed, environmentally sound design solutions to a wide range of building engineering challenges. ....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Thomas A. Paider , Michael A. Orzen
How many IT books have you read that are long on theory and short on practical application? They are interesting, but not very impactful. They provide a framework from which to think and understand, but lack a process from which to act. Addressing this urgent need ....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Author Cindy Alvarez
How do you develop products that people will actually use and buy? This practical guide shows you how to validate product and company ideas through customer development research—before you waste months and millions on a product or service that no one needs or wants....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value, Volume II
Author Steven A. Melnyk , Robert P. Sroufe
Sustainability is changing and changing rapidly. It is becoming more widespread as companies and customers uncover its power and at¬tractiveness and sustainability also receiving more attention in the press. Support for sustainability lies within new tools, fr....
Release Date 2017/08 -
Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects
Author Christopher Wright
An introduction to Lean thinking Lean is a mindset rather than a methodology; it is a way of thinking based on practices, strategies, tools and methods that can be applied to maximise value and minimise waste while ensuring that processes achieve corporate go....
Release Date 2017/03 -
The Lean Turnaround Action Guide: How to Implement Lean, Create Value and Grow Your People
Author Art Byrne
This companion to The Lean Turnaround shows exactly how to use “lean leadership” to eliminate waste while increasing profitability and driving sustainabilityWhile many companies have attempted to become Lean, few have captured the full promise of this better way of....
Release Date 2016/10 -
The Toyota Way to Service Excellence: Lean Transformation in Service Organizations
Author Karyn Ross , Jeffrey Liker
The world’s bestselling Lean expert shows service-based organizations how to go Lean, gain value, and get results—The Toyota Way.A must-read for service professionals of every level,....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Author John Earley
An essential guide to bringing lean to your business and your lifeThe Lean Book of Leanprovides a succinct overview of the concepts of Lean, explains them in everyday terms, and shows how the general principles can be applied in any business or personal situation. ....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Author Mark Graban
Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. Lean Hospitals, Third Edition explains how to use the Lean methodology an....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Author Eric Ries , Patrick Vlaskovits , Brant Cooper
Leverage the framework of visionaries to innovate, disrupt, and ultimately succeed as an entrepreneurThe Lean Entrepreneur, Second Edition banishes the "Myth of the Visionary" and shows you how you can implement proven, actionable techniques to create products and ....
Release Date 2016/03 -
An Introduction to Lean Work Design
Author Matthias Thürer , Lawrence D. Fredendall
This book provides a short, concise overview of lean work design, which sees lean systems as the result of a systematic implementation of appropriate work processes. It discusses lean tools, but views tools only as a means of achieving a desirable work design and do....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Author Kevin J. Duggan
While more and more companies are aggressively pursuing Operational Excellence by employing Six Sigma, Lean, and other continuous improvement methods, the concept has yet to be defined in a way that can be easily taught and applied, especially in industries other t....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Lean Startups for Social Change
Author Michel Gelobter
For years, the lean startup has been revolutionizing both new and established businesses. In this eye-opening book, serial social entrepreneur Michel Gelobter shows how it can do the same for nonprofits.Traditionally, whether creating a new business or a new p....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Author Ralph L. Kliem
Lean is a set of disciplines that can result in tremendous savings and profitability for companies. It can significantly reduce cycle times and increase customer satisfaction. Lean, however, must be applied efficiently and effectively to achieve optimum results. Th....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Gene Fliedner
Lean is a comprehensive, integral system consisting of four interdependent elements: leadership, culture, team, and practices and tools. This book examines these elements following a systematic, hierarchical orientation and explains their relevance for guiding....
Release Date 2015/10