The Lean Practitioner's Handbooks  (English, Paperback, Eaton Mark)

The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook bridges the gap between the tools and concepts of Lean and the practical use of the tools. It offers a practical, easily accessible resource for anyone preparing for, implementing or evaluating Lean activities, covering key areas such as:

• Aspects of a Lean programme
• Scoping a programme
• Value stream mapping
• 2P and 3P events
• Rapid improvement events
• Managing for daily improvement
• How to engage your team
• Spotting problems and communicating progress

In addition, it offers a snapshot summary of key tools and concepts of Lean with easily applicable templates. The checklists and templates are available online by registering at www.koganpage. com/Lean

About the Author
Mark Eaton is the MD and operations director of Amnis, a consultancy specializing in helping organizations prepare for, implement and sustain improvement using a combination of Strategic Planning, Lean/Sigma and Change Management approaches. Mark is an engineer by training but has spent the last 15 years involved in service improvement, business improvement and Lean in a variety of sectors. A frequent presenter at conferences, workshops and masterclasses, he has also written the book Lean for Practitioners.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Planning for Lean
Chapter 2: Key Lean concepts
Chapter 3: Scoping projects
Chapter 4: Value stream mapping events
Chapter 5: 2P/3P events
Chapter 6: Rapid improvement events (RIE)
Chapter 7: Managing for daily improvement (MDl)
Chapter 8: Leader standard work (LSW)
Chapter 9: Strategic planning
Chapter 10: Engaging the team
Chapter 11: Ensuring success
Chapter 12: Communications and celebrations
Chapter 13: Key tools and concepts

Glossary
References
Index