Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize more than just payment and crypto-currency. Many vertical industries will be reshaped by the new trusted data models enabled and inspired by the blockc
The organizational principles of Shigeo Shingo have been the foundation of an international revolution towards enterprise excellence. His efforts with the Toyota Production System transformed producti
Are your major systems above or below average? What systems make up your core competencies and which systems should be subcontracted out to maximize the organization’s value to the customer and to the
This book shows how to consistently obtain annual and multiannual manufacturing target profit regardless of the evolution of sales volumes, increasing or decreasing, using the Manufacturing Cost Polic
Kaizen Events are an effective way to train organizations to break unproductive habits and adopt a continuous improvement philosophy while, at the same time, achieve breakthrough performance-level res
It has been reported that about 70% of initiatives fail to achieve desired results. The cause is an unrealistic expectation regarding effort and results and a focus on short-term improvements over lon
This book is a history book documenting the CCS-Civil Communication Section – which was created by General Douglas MacAuthur during the occupation of WWII to improve communications in Japan. However,
The concept of knowing a design will work early in a project (rather than after the production prototypes have been tested) and will satisfy the customers, such that projects essentially never fail, w
Companies across the world, for a variety of reasons, are committing to incorporating social responsibility into their business models and finding that their profits are growing and their long-term su
A recent report estimates that more than 15 million patients are harmed and over 400,000 die every year from preventable medical errors. This book uses the science of positive psychology to provide co
The book integrates tehniques from the Toyota Production System (TPS) that apply to high-mix low-volume with the science of Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing (GT/CM) to replace those parts o
This book is geared toward Lean and Six Sigma professionals who know that a rigid, highly prescriptive, and "instant" change management program is destined to fail. The program must be transparent and
Second Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota?s master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformati
Hiroyuki Hirano?s five pillars of the visual workplace: sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain are the most fundamental and often overlooked aspects in continuous improvement initiatives.
The Excellent Education System: Using Six Sigma to Transform Schools helps you discover and understand the technique of evidence-based learning and operations through which the modern school satisfies
From newborns switched in the nursery to medication mix-ups and hospital-acquired infections, we are all familiar with the horror stories about hospital safety, and unfortunately, the statistics say w
This book guides professionals on how to use operations research to solve problems and capture opportunities for government customers. The governments of modern democratic nations manage large complex
Providing a framework that highlights waste and its negative effects on process performance, value stream maps (VSMs) are essential components for successful Lean initiatives. While the conventional V
Research shows that the importance of patient-reported outcomes, improved decision support, and care coordination is growing rapidly as new payment models transform healthcare delivery. This has led t
By reconfiguring your traditional assembly lines into production cells based on one-piece flow, you can drastically reduce your lead time, staffing requirements, and number of defects. Kenichi Sekine
Your customers have become increasingly sophisticated and more connected than ever?broadcasting real-time feedback to a cloud of followers who are watching your every move. As savvy customers continue
This book focuses on the operational and clinical strategies needed to improve care of Emergency Psychiatric patients. Boarding of psychiatric patients in ED’s is recognized as a national crisis. The
This book brings a fresh new approach to practical problem solving in engineering. It covers the critical concepts and ideas that engineers must understand to solve engineering problems. When engineer
Following in the tradition of its Shingo Prize-winning predecessors, Lean Production Simplified, Third Edition gives a clear overview of the structure and tools of the Lean production system. Written
Creative thinking, which the most successful companies that develop the most innovative products rely on, has evolved into to creative resilience – the technique to persevere with problems and solve t
Organizational Development (OD) consultants often face dilemmas when they market their services because there is a gap between clients’ expectation and OD consultants’ role. This book is about how to
This book is needed because tools like Six Sigma, Lean, process reengineering, process redesign, and TQM have completely ignored the impact that IT technology is having upon improving an organization’
With the use of electronic health records (EHR) transforming the healthcare industry, the use of information technology in the maintenance of personal health records poses a range of issues and opport
This essential form is used to provide criteria for benchmarking TPM projects and for getting objective measurements for each element of TPM. No other company has this assessment criteria documented i
