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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Short-term profits don’t ensure long-term success.
Chapter 2: Serve your stakeholders, and you will serve shareholders too.
Chapter 3: Second-guessing buyers is costly.
Chapter 4: Building to order cuts costs and overhead.
Chapter 5: Pulling is a lot simpler than pushing.
Chapter 6: Waste appears in many forms, but it’s always costly.
Chapter 7: Numerous small improvements make for lean work processes.
Description
Strategic Kaizen (2021) examines the principles and practices of corporations that have embraced lean thinking – a paired-down, customer-oriented production process pioneered in postwar Japan. Also known as the Toyota Production System, this managerial philosophy is all about maximizing efficiency and reducing waste by making many small changes.
Who Should Listen
- Managers and leaders
- Technophiles and car lovers
- Strategists and planners