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Innovative Lean Development How to Create Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles

Innovative Lean Development How to Create Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles

Innovation is the engine that drives much of what is called success in business and industry. Incorporating the fundamental principles of lean manufacturing and the rules and behaviors of structured innovation into the development process innovative lean development unleashes the creativity of everyone involved in developing new products services or processes; speeds the process; and leads to higher quality. Written by two experts who have successfully made the road by walking it for more than 20 years Innovative Lean Development: How to Create Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles focuses on six key areas necessary for dramatic development. It shows you how to 1. Identify and fill user gaps 2. Use multiple learning cycles 3. Stabilize the development process 4. Capture knowledge 5. Use rapid prototyping 6. Apply lean management principles including learning cycles and visual boards Applying these principles the authors have helped development teams cut development time in half and increase speed to market while delivering award-winning quality solutions. In this manual they share those examples while providing a road map that all companies can follow to reach a lean development culture one where creative thinking and practice converge in ways that lead to innovation improvement and success. | Innovative Lean Development How to Create Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles

GBP 170.00
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Lean Sustainability Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations

Lean Sustainability Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations

The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance defines safety as the maintenance of peace of mind. Without peace of mind or the serenity brought about by a safe working environment employees will be unwilling and even unable to focus their energies on production improvement. Thus it can be said that all improvement begins with safety. Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award! A how-to manual on the proper integration of safety and environmental sustainability with Lean implementations Lean Sustainability: Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations provides a proven recipe for achieving safety and sustainability excellence. This book is the result of the author‘s two decades of experience implementing Lean; Safety Health and Environmental (SHE); and sustainability processes in the chemical food and consumer products industries. It unveils valuable lessons learned and little-known tips for eliminating waste and increasing process efficiency while reducing safety incidents and the overall impact on the environment. The text illustrates how to use the SHE Pillar as a gateway to continuous improvement regardless of the improvement methodology you use. Bolstered with proven methodologies and real-world advice it introduces novel approaches for achieving safety and sustainability excellence including: Autonomous Safety‘supplying employees with the knowledge skills and motivation to work safely Triple Zero the achievement of zero accidents zero environmental incidents and zero losses Green Value Stream Mapping the application of Value Stream Mapping to environmental and sustainability issues Although there are many books on Lean sustainability and SHE few explain how to integrate these dynamic tools. Walking you through this process this book supplies the tools to create a synergy that wil | Lean Sustainability Creating Safe Enduring and Profitable Operations

GBP 180.00
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Developing an ISO 13485-Certified Quality Management System An Implementation Guide for the Medical-Device Industry

Developing an ISO 13485-Certified Quality Management System An Implementation Guide for the Medical-Device Industry

Developing an ISO 13485-Certified Quality Management System: An Implementation Guide for the Medical-Device Industry details the lessons learned from a real-world project focusing on building an ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System (QMS) from scratch and then having it officially certified. It is a practical guide to building or improving your existing QMS with tried and tested solutions. The book takes a hands-on approach–first teaching the top 25 lessons to know before starting to develop a QMS and then walking you through the process of writing the quality manual and the standard operating procedures training the staff on the QMS organizing an internal audit executing a management review and finally passing the necessary external audits and obtaining certification. It helps you to progress from one task to the next and provides all the essential information to accomplish each task as quickly and efficiently as possible. It does not attempt to replicate the standard but instead drills into the standard to expose the core of each section of the standard and reorganize its contents into a practical workflow for developing maintaining and improving a Lean QMS. The book includes a wealth of real-world experience both from the author's personal dive into quality management and from the experiences of other companies in the field and provides handy checklists for ensuring key documents and processes are fit for use–the emphasis here is to help ensure you have considered all relevant aspects. In addition the book is not intended as a “cheat sheet” for the standard or as a review of the standard that only adds lengthy commentary on each of the clauses. Instead the book fixes easy misunderstandings regarding QMS provides insight into why the various clauses are written the way they are and provides a great base to both understanding ISO 13485 QMS and developing your own QMS. The book is intended to serve both experts and novices audiences–it provides special insight on the most crucial and effective aspects of QMS. | Developing an ISO 13485-Certified Quality Management System An Implementation Guide for the Medical-Device Industry

GBP 48.99
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