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'The frontier of the lean movement is now about the strategic implementation of lean. This book, blending Toyota's lean knowledge with McKinsey's strategic experience, will be very useful to those undertaking this journey.' - Daniel T. Jones, co-author of The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking
'Journey to Lean is lively, fun and informative, and it might just have an enormous effect on your business' - Lee Hibbert, Professional Engineering
'...a comprehensive and practical book on how to design and implement sustainable operational change.' - Quality Today
'Three McKinsey consultants - John Drew, Blair McCallum and Stefan Roggenhofer - have brought [lean research] alive at company level in a new book, Journey to Lean.' - The Observer
'...explores some of the challenges faced by the management team, and gives ideas on how to develop solutions and engage the workforce in the new ways of working.' - Works Management
'...moves beyond the initial step of using lean tools and techniques to deliver initial quick results, and tackles the thorny question of how to maintain those performance levels.' - www.themanufacturer.com
'...provides an excellent broad-brush introduction to lean...and is well worth reading'. - David Stephens, MCMI, Professional Manager Magazine
'This is a great book for readers who would like to know a little about the history and principles of lean, it's key tools and techniques and their application. Importantly, it places great emphasis on the 'how to' rather than the 'what', addressing many of the pitfalls and hurdles organisations face as they attempt to implement lean...well worth a look.' - Andy Yearsley, Supply Management Magazine
'Journey to Lean is lively, fun and informative, and it might just have an enormous effect on your business' - Lee Hibbert, Professional Engineering
'...a comprehensive and practical book on how to design and implement sustainable operational change.' - Quality Today
'Three McKinsey consultants - John Drew, Blair McCallum and Stefan Roggenhofer - have brought [lean research] alive at company level in a new book, Journey to Lean.' - The Observer
'...explores some of the challenges faced by the management team, and gives ideas on how to develop solutions and engage the workforce in the new ways of working.' - Works Management
'...moves beyond the initial step of using lean tools and techniques to deliver initial quick results, and tackles the thorny question of how to maintain those performance levels.' - www.themanufacturer.com
'...provides an excellent broad-brush introduction to lean...and is well worth reading'. - David Stephens, MCMI, Professional Manager Magazine
'This is a great book for readers who would like to know a little about the history and principles of lean, it's key tools and techniques and their application. Importantly, it places great emphasis on the 'how to' rather than the 'what', addressing many of the pitfalls and hurdles organisations face as they attempt to implement lean...well worth a look.' - Andy Yearsley, Supply Management Magazine
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'...a comprehensive and practical book on how to design and implement sustainable operational change.'
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent overview of how to introduce Lean successfully...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Journey to Lean: Making Operational Change Stick (Hardcover)
"Jorney to Lean" does not only convey the main points of what a Lean system involves but at the same time gives numerous examples from various industries while managing to be an interesting and entertaining read.It is the only book that comprehensively covers all the aspects that need to be considered in a Lean transformation (Operating System, Management Infrastructure, Mindsets and Behaviours) and explains how they are interconnected as well as the common reasons for failures of many Lean initiatives. (e.g. Getting everyone in an organisations on board is a pre-requisite for a successful transformation but is disregarded in many other books I've read, NOT in this one!) This book should be a MUST for anyone embarking on a Lean Transformation journey and can easily be read by anyone involved. Besides, the entertaining style and use of cartoons make it rather more enjoyable than other business books!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Practical, easy to read, entertaining,
This review is from: Journey to Lean: Making Operational Change Stick (Hardcover)
Having read a number of books on Lean Conversions, this is one of the most entertaining and well written I've run across. The book is broken into two sections - the first part discusses the theory of lean and tells a little about how a lean implementation works, and what is necessary for the results to last. The second half is a "story" of an imaginary company going through a lean conversion. It covers the various steps, the preparation necessary to lay the groundwork, and has a good level of detail regarding setting up the system. It made for very enjoyable reading and you feel that you are participating in the lean conversion. I would highly recommend the book.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lean command and control,
By Stephen Parry "Author of Sense and Respond" (Lean Service Transformation Designer London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Journey to Lean: Making Operational Change Stick (Hardcover)
A major consulting company demonstrating that lean has become main stream. l enjoyed reading the book, its lucid and very well written.
However, the customer is strangely absent for some reason and it does take a pedestrian, slightly pedantic and bureaucratic approach to organisational change for my taste, But its a journey after all. I detect a high degree of bias from the application of Lean manufacturing techniques into the world of services which is heavy handed and inappropriate. Having seen the approach outlined in this book implemented I am slightly uneasy about its assumptions about people motivation and control. All that said, if you are in manufacturing, it was a good read and a good introduction to the lean journey concept, Just ease off the micro-control fixation and it will work much better.
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