Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise: Developing Competitive Capabilities and Managing Profit
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 156327342X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Jackson received a PhD and MBA in business economics from Indiana University Graduate School of Business and a JD in tax and commercial law from Indiana University School of Law. Thomas L. Jackson has over twenty years of experience in management education in industry and academia and apprenticed with Japanese masters Iwao Kobayashi, author of 20 Keys to Workplace Improvement, and Deming Prize winner Ryuji Fukuda, author of Building Orga
Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award!At the heart of Lean and Six Sigma is the same, unique business operating system: hoshin kanri. It is a method of strategic planning and a tool for managing complex projects, a quality operating system geared to ensuring that organizations faithfully translate the voice of the customer into new products, and a business operating system that ensures reliable profit growth.The true power of hoshin kanri, however, is two-fold -- it is a superior organizational learning method as well as a competitive resource development system. This practical workbook providesA new understanding of hoshin kanri as a grand experimental design implemented through a system of team agreements.Clear explanations of the steps of hoshin kanri.A measure of overall business effectiveness used to determine the focus of corporate strategy.A new, improved X-matrix that incorporates a lean "balanced scorecard" for identifying improvement opportunities and converting them readily into bottom
The definitive Hoshin Kanri book I've spent some time looking at several different Hoshin Kanri (hoshin - navigation or compass, kanri - control) texts, a.k.a "Policy Deployment." I personally think that this is overall the best one, hand's down. It's a tricky subject, with many "moving parts" and few examples available to view firsthand (I've seen it only a few times myself). I mention. Not happy customer said Five Stars. great read. Best lean book on strategy deployment Comprehensive explanation of how to integrate your company's strategy with all you improvement work and the solution to why most lean transformations fail. It also helps to explain why lean transformations are so hard.
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