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...

Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW-Rover group controversy -- Lean production : the dog that did not bark -- Back to the future : the reorganization of work at Toyota -- Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese...