A Team Leader's Guide to Lean Kaizen Events

Product Description
Lean manufacturing isn't new, but many companies are still discovering how Lean principles can greatly improve both manufacturing and service processes. A Team Leaders Guide to Lean Kaizen Events helps organizations reduce process and product waste, and solve issues related to efficiency, workflow and resource balancing. Introducing a structured methodology called SCORE(TM), the book provides a blueprint and complete set of implementation aids for Lean projects that will prove invaluable for any organization.

A Team Leaders Guide to Lean Kaizen Events is written for facilitators who have already been trained in the principles and tools of Lean, and who want a step-by-step process for conducting Lean Kaizen Events. The book provides a detailed roadmap for running an event, explanations of commonly-used Lean tools and more than 30 must-have templates. The 85-page guide comes with a BONUS CD-ROM that includes all the templates, team charters and worksheets in Excel, plus 13 Lean workplace posters (24x36" or 8.5x11") that can be used to inspire and motivate project teams.

About the Authors
William Wes Waldo is a certified Lean Master with more than 12 years of quality, operations management and process improvement experience in diverse environments. Wes instructs students in the principles of Lean, as well as facilitating Lean Kaizen events at client sites. Wes received his Lean certification from Ohio State Fisher College of Business. He is also an ASQ certified quality engineer. Wes is also a contributor to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lean Six Sigma (release date April 2007).

Tom Jones is a Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Master with operations leadership experience, a background in process management and a proven track record of substantial gains in quality and productivity. Tom has a masters degree in quality management, and a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering with an emphasis in management science. Tom is also a contributor to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lean Six Sigma (release date April 2007).