The Lean Toolbox Revised Sixth Edition

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is a revision of the 6</span><sup style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>th</sup><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> edition of a book that has become a standard reference to Lean principles systems and tools. It is used by Lean practitioners and Industrial Engineers in the UK USA Ireland Scandinavia South Africa and Australia. Like earlier editions the book is written in plain language with minimal padding especially for busy practitioners and managers at all levels.</span></p><p>Revisions and updating occur throughout the book but in particular substantial revisions are in Chapters dealing with Digital in Scheduling in Quality management in Psychological Safety and in Agile and Scrum. Scheduling draws on the best from Lean TOC Factory Physics DDMRP and Demand management.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Previous editions have sold over 130000 copies and adapted versions have been translated into Danish Chinese and German. Across its editions the Lean Toolbox has been prescribed reading at several UK US Irish and South African universities and has featured as a standard reference for the APICS / ASCM professional CPIM examination.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This edition marks once again a significant update. New sections now cover digital tools and how these can support lean transformations how to respond to complexity and uncertainty in the world firms operate in and the importance of psychological safety in making sustainable improvements. Significant further revisions reflect advances in scheduling demand management problem solving layout and in many fundamental topics.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Apart from updates in many sections this new (Sixth) edition has new (or substantially revised) sections on Digital Lean Process mining Bottlenecks and floating bottlenecks Demand management and demand categories A Scheduling framework Psychological safety Environmental sustainability The Job Characteristics Model A TPM Maintenance framework Scrum and Agile Seru Cells OODA vs PDSA and Engagement</span></p>