The Going Lean Fieldbook: A Practical Guide to Lean Transformation and Sustainable Success

Basedonlessonsofreal-lifefirmsfromdifferentindustriesthathavesuccessfullyimplementedleanmethods,TheGoingLeanFieldbookgivesyoualogicalstructureandpracticaladviceforcreatingpowerfulresultsthatwillstandthetestoftime.BuildingontheconceptsandlessonsintroducedinStephenA.Ruffa’sground-breakingGoingLean,thisdown-to-earthmanual,illustratedbycompellingcasesandclearexamples,showsyouhowtotakeacloserlookatwhat’sreallygoingoninyourbusiness.Itdescribeshowtomovebeyondvisiblewastetotheunderlyingproblemsthatcauseittoaccumulate,createthenecessaryinsightandbuy-inthroughoutyourworkforcetodriverealtransformation,andstayleanevenintimesofunexpectedchange.PraiseforStephenA.Ruffa’sGoingLean:“-[An]extremelywell-writtenbook....[a]usefulresourceforthoseinterestedinoper-ationsmanagement,businesspolicy,andrelatedtopics.”—Choice“StephenRuffa’snewbook,titledGoingLean,isverytimely.Inthistimeoftheeco-nomiccrisiswhenrecessionhasplaguedtheworld’seconomicarena,GoingLeanteachesushowtoliveandadaptwithchange....Thisbookisamustread.”—Sixsigma.com“Uniqueandimportantinsightsintoenteringandsustaining—forever—aleanjourneyofwastereductionandcontinuousimprovement...”—CuttingToolEngineering“InGoingLean,StephenA.Ruffaspotlightsexamplesfromtheautomotive,airline,andretailindustries,offeringpotentlessonsonhowcompaniesdriveinnovation,promotesustainability,andcreatevalueinthefaceofuncertainty.Thebackboneofthebookliesinthewell-thumbedideologiesoftheToyotaProductionSystem.”—T&Dmagazine“Withexcellenttiming,consideringrecenteventsintheglobaleconomy,thisbookdemonstrateshowcompaniescanuseleanprinciplestohelpthemsteerthroughtoughtimes.Usingexamplesfromsuccessfulcompaniesthatsurvivedcrisessuchas9/11andtheresultingeconomicdownturn,aswellastheoilcrisisofthe1980s,Ruffashowshowthetechniquesthosecompaniesusedcanbeemployedtohelpweatheracrisis.”—HoustonBusinessJournal“Shouldbereadbymanufacturingexecutivesandtheirstaffs...showshowtointroduceinnovationduringdownturns,striveforperfection,anddeliverexcellentperformance.”—QualityProgress