TOYOTA Illustrated Encyclopedia of Lean Management (Paperback) | Released: 20 Dec 2015

You are looking at the only comprehensive encyclopedia written on Lean Management that clearly illustrates a set-by-step plug and play process.The Toyota management principles apply to any business and in any industry, including distribution, software development, manufacturing, hospitals and healthcare, government, education, retail, hospitality, anything and everything that involves processes management and human development will benefit from the principles and practices of this encyclopedia.Fundamental basics of a successful and effective Lean Management Training Program are explained as:1. Consensus on Need for Change 2. Commitment 3. Planning and Simulation4. Training5. Identifying Root Cause and Initiating Lean Tools6. Employee Involvement - "What I hear I forget, What I see I remember, What I do I understand."Paradigm shifting scientist, author and lean management specialist, Gabriel Iqbal has created a practical ready reference on "HOW TO" engage Lean Management as opposed to "WHAT IS" Lean Management.This is an authoritative and simple step by step training manual explaining the TPS. Toyota's world-class Lean Management System is fully described here in animated form for people to learn and apply in any area where efficiency and effectiveness holds top priority. This encyclopedia belongs in the collection of any person who seeks success in business, professional development, self-development and sustainable development.It is designed with large fonts, templates, bullet-pointed flowcharts, diagrams and graphics that can all be used as a simple, clear and animated visual experience.Demonstrates how Toyota developed their systematic process, human potential, ingenuity and rigorous discipline. Their adventure and the development of the Management Principles that support any quest of world-class processes management and world class quality is communicated via a fully comprehensive and animated encyclopedic form. This encyclopedia is very powerful in setting up a proactive culture shift in any organization. If you are not into organizational development and are happy with status quo, then don't read this encyclopedia. It is guaranteed that after reading this encyclopedia you will either become an outcast, a maverick, or will start your own business. You will stick out in the band and see nothing but "Lean Management". The most rewarding virtue you will develop from this revolutionary encyclopedia is that you will generate a consistently disciplined energizing habit of effectiveness and proactive solution oriented efficiency. It describes how processes can become unproductive and time is wasted when one process waits to begin while another ends. The emphasis on the Pull and Single Flow shows how operations can be smooth, uninterrupted and continuous. A poignant fact that is elucidated is that estimates suggest that as much as 99 % of a product's time in manufacture is actually spent "waiting". The chapter on The Zen of Lean is a real treat, as it gives you an energizing, vivid and transcendental perspective behind what the author believes as the metaphysical dimensions of the subject. Make sure to write your name on this encyclopedia as it has the habit of being passed on from person to person - and before you know it, the effectiveness becomes contagious!For more information visit: http: //www.eurekamakingadifference.com