Global Lean

<p>Just because a problem is invisible doesn’t mean it’s not affecting your operation. While communication distance and culture are often ignored as real threats to your results these unnoticed forces are negatively affecting companies that operate internationally. Globalization has amplified a series of obstacles we not have paid enough attention to in our organizations. </p><p>Ultimately it’s humans that solve problems in coordination with other humans and this requires excellent communication. Currently people must coordinate actions and collaborate with teams sitting in geographically separated places. Misunderstandings and lack of clarity however cause high unbudgeted costs. <b>Global Lean: Seeing the New Waste Rooted in Communication Distance and Culture </b>highlights the waste created by these interactions and adopts Lean thinking to provide methods approaches and real case studies to eliminate these problems at the source. </p><p>As organizations evolve into global networks Lean initiatives must now meet new needs. The book follows the story of a CEO and his company that while successful in their local environment are heavily impacted by new obstacles as they expand internationally. It illustrates how they adopt Lean methodologies to bring hidden problems to the surface.</p>