Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation 1st edition by Zak, Adam, Waddell, Bill (2010) Hardcover

by Adam Zak

Detailing the role of senior management in achieving a successful transformation to organizational excellence, Simple Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation charts a course of simplification through the complexity often associated with managing performance improvement initiatives. It spells out the roles of key individuals on the management team―including those from sales and marketing, human resources, purchasing/supply chain, information technology, finance, and engineering. Maintaining a focus on the big picture, this book explains what value streams are and how to use them to structure your business so that all stakeholders are aligned with what matters most. It reduces constraint management to its most practical terms and lays out a sound approach to accounting that enables everyone to spend money where it adds value and stop spending where it doesn’t. Written by respected authorities with extensive experience helping leading organizations achieve Lean transformation, the text includes case studies from high-profile organizations recognized for operational excellence. Addressing human resources management practices, it explains how to manage the day-to-day operations and pricing factory capabilities for the greatest possible profits. It also discusses the ongoing process of strategic planning to help you move away from annual goal setting, toward a dynamic process of engaging the entire company in the effort to provide your customers with an improved sense of value.

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mike Thelen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another strong book for Management and Executives. Waddell and Zak have many years of experience bringing Lean into organizations.