Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to ManagementWhen it comes to making your business more profitable and successful, don't look to re-engineering for answers. A better way is to apply the concept of kaizen, which mean making simple, common-sense improvements and refinements to critical business processes.The result: greater productivity, quality, and profits achieved with minimal cost, time, and effort invested. In this book, you discover how to maximize the results of kaizen by applying it to gemba--business processes involved in the manufacture of products and the rendering of services--the areas of your business where, as the author puts it, the "real action" takes place. |
Contents
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| 13 | |
Chapter Three How to Manage Quality Cost and Delivery in Gemba | 37 |
Chapter Four Standards | 51 |
The Five Steps of Housekeeping | 63 |
Chapter Six Muda | 75 |
Chapter Seven The Foundation of the House of Gemba | 87 |
Chapter Eight Visual Management | 95 |
Chapter Nine Supervisors Roles in Gemba | 105 |
Kaizen at Toyota Astra Motor Company | 125 |
The Ultimate Production System | 145 |
Chapter Twelve JustInTime at Wiremold | 159 |
TwoDay Gemba Kaizen and Overall Corporate Kaizen | 171 |
Case Studies | 183 |
Index | 343 |
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