Description Updated with new information, illustrations, and leadership tools, “Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation, Second Edition” by George Koenigsaecker describes how Toyota’s metrics drive financial success. This edition emphasizes the critical aspect of building a Lean culture, rather than just Lean tools and principles. It includes new appendices with background information and stories on Lean leadership and implementation and new insights on tactical organization practices, strategy deployment, and Lean culture. Koenigsaecker, an Industry Week Hall of Fame inductee, shares valuable lessons and strategies through case histories of U.S. leaders who have championed Lean. The book explains value stream analysis at the leadership level and how to structure Kaizen events to improve the value stream. It is organized chronologically and details the methods used during the Hon Company’s Lean conversion, which significantly boosted productivity and revenues. The book introduces powerful leadership tools and soft skills needed to define, develop, and communicate a vision, providing time-tested guidance for sustaining organizational improvements. Read more on this category.
