Lean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises

Taylor & Francis

Lean Transformations for Small and Medium EnterprisesLessons Learned from Italian Businesses\nAuthor(s): Arnaldo Camuffo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781138409323, 978-1138409323\nSynopsis\nLean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises: Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses summarizes two decades of research, teaching, and practice on lean thinking. \nBased on quantitative analysis of 100 cases of Lean transformations and 20 in-depth case studies of successfully transformed SMEs, it explains how to undertake lean transformations that lead to operational and financial performance improvement, and uses the Lean Transformation Framework --conceptualized by John Shook at the Lean Enterprise Institute as a practical approach to design and de-risk the transformation process. \nSMEs leaders wishing to undertake and sustain a lean transformation must: \n\n Make a serious and lasting commitment to transform, av.