Lean Management for Beginners: Fundamentals of Lean Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - With many Practical Examples
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Lean Management for Beginners: Basics of Lean Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - with many practical examples
Implementation of Lean Management in companies
Do you know the promising advantages of Lean Management?
Do you want to know how Lean Management can also work for small and medium-sized companies?
Do you know why most companies fail to implement Lean Management?
Using practical examples, learn how Lean Management really works in companies.
"When the founder of an Indian bank wondered why fewer and fewer customers were applying for credit, he looked at the process that regulated the mortgage application. President Jairam Sridharan found out that such a request went through a total of 30 hands. No wonder no one wanted to wait that long. Axis Bank was looking for solutions and ultimately found them not through technology but through philosophy: lean management. This Japanese production method is now also used in management and the service industry. The core is that nothing should be wasted. The word lean means slim, and in most cases companies and enterprises are actually slimmed down.
Size doesn't matter, for small and medium-sized companies it may even be easier to slim down because you're not that big. However, streamlining does not necessarily mean saving costs, dismissing or outsourcing personnel, or closing business areas. The difference between the classic lean approach and the lean approach is that, it is process oriented. Leaning is only done where it is necessary to improve the process. It is also possible that only the processes themselves may be changed, without really incurring costs."
Learn from this helpful guide ...
... what constitutes the remarkable history of lean management
... what interesting facets does the Lean philosophy have?
... what basic methods exist in Lean Management
... the applications of Lean Management
... what the term Lean Leadership stands for
... what characterizes a lean start-up
... what success and failure in Lean Management depends on
... and much more!
Secure your chance today and learn the basic steps for the successful implementation of Lean Management - explained with many practical examples.
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Lean Management for Beginners - Maximilian Tündermann
Lean Management for Beginners
Fundamentals of Lean Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- with many practical examples
––––––––
Maximilian Tündermann
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. History of Lean Manufacturing
3. Lean Philosophy
3.1 Basics of Lean Management
3.2 The Four Principles
3.3 The Team
3.3.1 Principle 1: How to Understand Benefits
3.2.2 Principle 2: What Is the Source of Waste?
3.2.3 Principle 3: Establish Pull
3.2.4 Principle 4: Continuous Team Improvement
3.4 A Culture That Solves Problems
3.4.1 A Good Atmosphere at the Workplace
3.4.2 Setting Clear Objectives
3.4.3 Communication
3.4.4 The Right Motivation
3.4.5 Do Not Waste Your Own Personnel Capacities
3.4.6 Allow Employees to Develop Themselves
3.4.7 Hoshin Kanri
4. Lean Management Methods
4.1 Kaizen
4.2 Kaikaku
4.3 Kanban
4.4 Six Sigma
4.5 5S
4.6 5 Why
4.6 Other Methods
5. When and Where Can Lean Be Used?
6. Management Requirements
6.1 Cost
6.2 Acceptance by Employees
6.3 Clear Benefits
7. Lean Leadership
8. Lean Start-Up
8.1 Business Model Canvas
8.2 Customer Orientation
8.3 MVP
8.4 Agile Working Environment
8.5 Design Thinking
9. Success Factors and Problems in Lean Management
9.1 Factors That Can Make Lean Implementation Difficult
9.2 Measuring Success in Lean
10. Summary
1. Introduction
When the founder of an Indian bank wondered why fewer and fewer customers were applying for credit, he looked at the process that regulated the mortgage application. President Jairam Sridharan found out that such a request went through a total of 30 hands. No wonder no one wanted to wait that long. Axis Bank was looking for solutions and ultimately found them not through technology but through philosophy: Lean Management. This Japanese production method is now also used in management and the service industry. The core is that nothing should be wasted. The word lean means slim, and in most cases companies and enterprises are actually slimmed down.
Size doesn't matter, for small and medium-sized companies it may even be easier to slim down because you're not that big. However, streamlining does not necessarily mean saving costs, dismissing or outsourcing personnel, or closing business areas. The difference between the classic lean approach and the lean approach is that it is process oriented. Leaning is only done where it is necessary to improve the process. It is also possible that only the processes themselves may be changed, without really incurring costs.
If you run a company today, you'll soon find that two or three years after its foundation, some sort of routine becomes apparent. Business is going well—hopefully—customers are satisfied, sales are growing, and so is profit. It is precisely at this stage that many companies begin to expand their organization, build up bureaucratic hurdles and, pampered by success, no longer reflect on themselves. With Lean Management, conversely, this danger is minimized because it involves a constant improvement, with which there is no leaning back.
This book is intended to give you insights into Lean Management and help you understand it. Examples from other companies can help you to think about the introduction of Lean Management yourself or to first analyze how and where it can be used in your company.
2. History of Lean Manufacturing
You can only understand Lean Management if you know where it comes from. The origins lie in lean manufacturing, which was mainly developed by Japanese car manufacturers. The Toyota production system, which is primarily concerned with avoiding and minimizing waste, is still being used worldwide today and has been copied by many competitors. Toyoda Sackichi developed the system back in 1902, but it was constantly improved. His son Kiichiro then formed the just-in-time idea, which was only produced according to demand. This was also necessary because there were hardly any raw materials at that time and some markets were not accessible to the Japanese because of war. The carmakers had no choice but to save resources if they wanted to boost the economy again. It was the engineer Taiichi Ohno who developed a production method based on these considerations, whose main goal was to avoid waste: The starting concept of the Toyota production system was, as I have emphasized several times, a thorough elimination of waste.
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The ultimate goal is to increase productivity without compromising quality and delivery times. The Jidoka principle is one of the pillars that ensures quality through a process whereby errors are detected and eliminated at an early stage. This includes
● Stop production
● Make manuals
● Error message
The second pillar is just-in-time production: it is only done when it is needed, in the quantity that is needed and as required by the customer. On the one hand, this establishes the principle of customer focus but on the other it also avoids waste. Components of this pillar are:
● Produce only for customers, not for stock (Build to Order)