Lean for the Cash-Strapped Leader : The Path to Growth and Profitability

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface: The "Why" of This Book -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Introduction: About This Book -- Chapter 1: Brief Overview of Lean and Elimination of Waste -- Chapter 2: A Different Way of Thinking -- Chapter 3: Rationalizing the Inventory -- Chapter 4: Kanban Signals -- Chapter 5: Deriving Dependent Demand for Kanban -- Chapter 6: Documenting the Current State in a Process Map -- Chapter 7: Creating the Future State Process Map -- Chapter 8: Understanding KanbanHeijunka Card-Flow Process -- Chapter 9: Kanbans and Heijunkas -- Chapter 10: Continuous Improvement, the Kaizen Event -- Chapter 11: Beginning the Kaizen and Documenting Reality -- Chapter 12: The Percent-Loading Chart -- Chapter 13: Using the Percent-Loading Chart -- Chapter 14: Dependent-Demand Manufacturing Kanbans -- Chapter 15: The Total-Value Flow with Standard Work and Visuals -- Chapter 16: Tying Up Loose Ends in the New Total-Value Flow -- Chapter 17: Competition and Continuous Improvement -- Recommended Readings -- Index.