The groundbreaking follow-up from the bestselling author of Gemba Kaizen, and pioneer of “continuous improvement” operational excellence. Whether you run a business or practice Lean, this groundbreaking guide provides everything you need to transform your company in measurable ways. The founder of the Kaizen Institute, Masaaki Imai introduces his revolutionary Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling Assessment (FSLA)—a first-of-its-kind Lean paradigm for measuring and improving operational performance. This new business classic teaches you: •The importance of assessing corporate performance from both the financial and operational standpoints •How to identify basic structures of the ideal production systems•Proven ways of implementing FSLA to both measure operational performance and drive cost-effective, incremental improvements in their most critical business processes
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Masaaki Imai Imprint: McGraw-Hill Education Country of Publication: United States Weight: 490g ISBN:9781260143836 ISBN 10: 126014383X Pages: 288 Publication Date:16 June 2021 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword Acknowledgments PART I Introducing the Era of Continuous Learning 1 Why Are We Talking About Learning at Work? 2 What Have We Learned About Learning? 3 Building a Learning Culture Means Getting Comfortable with Change PART II Five Ways to Make Learning Core to the Way We Work 4 Develop and Foster Agile Learners 5 Feedback Is Fuel for Learning Cultures 6 Think Like a Marketer to Drive Learning and Development 7 Put Learning into the Flow of Work 8 Signal the Value of Learning PART III Making Upskilling Imperative to Your Business 9 The Business Case for a Learning Culture 10 Care and Maintenance of Your Learning Culture Notes Index
Masaaki Imai is a pioneer of continuous improvement and of modern business operational excellence. He was a close associate of Toyota's Taiichi Ohno and first introduced Lean management philosophy to the world.