TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cudney,Elizabeth A.
TI  - Lean systems: applications and case studies in manufacturing, service, and healthcare 
SN  - 9781466556805
AV  - T58.8 .L35 2014
U1  - 658.4/013 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Industrial efficiency
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Lean manufacturing
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Administration
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Quality Control
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Section I. Overview and introduction to lean -- section II. Lean tools and step-by-step implementation -- section III. Manufacturing, service, and healthcare case studies -- section IV. Planning and implementation strategies for lean initiatives
N2  - "There are few books on Lean that comprehensively describe each Lean tool, particularly those including detailed case studies with step-by-step analysis, nor do they provide guidance on how to apply Lean to develop healthcare and service processes. This book provides an in-depth description of the various Lean techniques and numerous real-world Lean projects from a wide variety of manufacturing, healthcare, and service processes, demonstrating how to apply the Lean philosophy. IT facilitates Lean instruction by providing interactive case studies which will enable readers to apply the various Lean techniques"--
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