A Factory of One

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Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance.

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Features

  • Explains how to apply Lean concepts such as visual management, flow, customer pull, and 5S to the individual
  • Includes real-world examples of how Lean concepts have been applied in a variety of work environments
  • Presents a step-by-step approach to applying Lean principles in your workspace
  • Demonstrates how these principles can not only benefit individuals, but also the organization as a whole
  • Provides a flexible and adaptable method for continual improvement
  • Includes a checklist/work plan at the end of each chapter, giving readers a starting point for applying the concepts
  • Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award!

Summary

Most business readers have heard of the Lean principles developed for factoriesā€”a set of tools and ideas that have enabled companies to dramatically boost quality by reducing waste and errorsā€”producing more while using less. Yet until now, few have recognized how relevant these powerful ideas are to individuals and their daily work. Every person at a desk, drafting table, workstation, or operating table must (like a factory) deal with the challenge of reducing the waste that creeps into their work. The same Lean principles that have improved efficiencies on the factory floor can be just as powerfulā€”in fact, far more soā€”in helping individuals boost personal performance.

Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award!

A Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance describes how you can foster a new mindset and improve your performance by applying Lean methods to your work. It translates powerful Lean tools such as visual management, flow, pull, 5S, and kaizen to your daily work, revealing how they can help to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and link you ever more closely to customer value. This practice will help you develop better self-awareness, more disciplined problem-solving skills, and the ability to self-correct errors.

This book not only provides the tools, but also teaches you how to find the root causes underlying your inefficiencies so you can eliminate them permanently. It will enable you to immediately improve personal productivity while developing the skills needed for continuous improvement. It includes real-world examples that illustrate how these principles have been successfully applied across a range of industries. Providing the perfect mix of what-to-do with why-to-do it, the text details a step-by-step approach to applying Lean principles to your work.

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Productivity Press