Product Description
If you are a manager, supervisor, frontline professional (i.e. accountant or engineer), or employee in a Lean manufacturing or Lean office environment--this ground-breaking book is for you!
'Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean' is THE must-have survival guide for those of you in the trenches at a Lean company.
Lean can deliver powerful results, but 74% of companies report limited progress in their improvement efforts. So, why isn't Lean living up to its full potential? Maybe it is because Lean has some side effects that are rarely addressed--problems that often make things more difficult for managers and their teams.
In an ideal state, all employees would be fully engaged in Lean efforts and would welcome constant change and the increased pace of production that comes with improvement efforts; managers would not be overburdened and would have unlimited time to train and mentor; teams would have strong leadership and function without conflict; and companies would not face fierce competition and would have strong cash flow. But this rarely happens.
In the real world, frontline workers can pay a very high up front price for being Lean--and this often causes job dissatisfaction in the workforce. Research shows that it is more than just a morale issue. Dissatisfied employees can reduce quality, productivity, and ultimately take a toll on a company's profit.
Given the state of the economy and the fact that the ideal state doesn't exist, what can be done to maximize the success of a company's Lean efforts? If employees could quickly and easily teach themselves how to improve their satisfaction at work, not only would they like their jobs more and be more engaged, it might mean the difference between survival and failure for a company in the increasingly competitive marketplace.
'Whaddaya Mean' is a powerful 'how to' guide that delivers over 100 practical, cost-effective solutions to common Lean problems that employees and managers face. Plus ,it addresses the `Hard Truths' about Lean that the workforce must know, but that no one wants to talk about.
You can do it the hard way and go it alone. Or you can benefit from the experience of those who have gone before you. Let 'Whaddaya Mean' be your travel guide on your Lean journey so you can quickly and easily bridge the gap from "what is" to "what can be."
by David Mann
by George Koenigsaeker
by Don Tapping
