Lean management, kaizen, kata and keiretsu : best-practice examples and industry insights from Japanese concepts
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Lean management, kaizen, kata and keiretsu : best-practice examples and industry insights from Japanese concepts
（Management for professionals）
Springer, c2022
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Other authors: Ayşe Küçük Yılmaz, Triant Flouris, Thomas Winner, Violeta Cvetkoska, Tracy Dathe
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Description
This book provides a holistic and practical approach to Japanese concepts of lean management throughout the business value chain. It explains principles like Kaizen, Kata or Keiretsu in a pragmatic and logical way with many industry examples and case studies. The authors describe comprehensively how lean management enables companies to concentrate on value-adding activities and processes to achieve a long-term, sustainable competitive advantage. Moreover, the book shows how lean management principles are ultimately applied in industries like aviation, civil engineering, automotive, healthcare, education and other industries.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Lean Management: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Kaizen, Kaikaku and Innovation Management.- Chapter 3: Kata - Behavioural Transformation towards Lean Management.- Chapter 4: Keiretsu Networks.- Chapter 5: Kyouiku - The Learning Enterprise.- Chapter 6: Policy Deployment and Hoshin Kanri Strategy.- Chapter 7: Toyota Production System.- Chapter 8: 5S Concept: Muda, Muri and Mura.- Chapter 9: Change (Henkou Kanri) as integral Part of Lean Management.- Chapter 10: Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Lean Management.- Chapter 11: Digital transformation is shaping business transformation.- Chapter 12: Lean Management in Aviation.- Chapter 13: Lean Management in the Automotive Industry.- Chapter 14: Lean Management in the Construction Industry.- Chapter 15: Lean Management in the Railway Industry.- Chapter 16: Lean Management in Healthcare and Hospitals.- Chapter 17: Lean Management in Higher Education (LHE).- Chapter 18: Lean Management in Project Management.- Chapter 19: Lean Management Tools.- Chapter 20: Lean Management Outlook 2030.- Glossary.
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