This book "examines Lean opportunities from the viewpoint of retail strategy, merchandise management, and store and distribution operations, and provides a holistic, systematic approach for identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities. The Lean techniques presented can be applied to...

"The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller explains how to implement a Lean transformation that works by developing a culture that builds success from the top down and the bottom up at the same time. This edition provides expanded coverage of executive responsibilities, 20 new case...

Introduction -- Standardization of lean business communication -- Lean organizational design -- Lean organizational dynamics -- Demystifying KATA -- Hoshin Kanri tree -- Project management with Hoshin Kanri -- Hoshin Kanri Forest -- Management conclusions -- Epilogue