Strategic Kaizen: Using Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling Assessment to Measure and Strengthen Operational Performance

Strategic Kaizen: Using Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling Assessment to Measure and Strengthen Operational Performance

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  • Create Date:2021-08-09 08:51:48
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Masaaki Imai
  • ISBN:126014383X
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Summary

The groundbreaking follow-up from the bestselling author of Gemba Kaizen, and pioneer of "continuous improvement" operational excellence。
Whether you run a business or practice Lean, this groundbreaking guide provides everything you need to transform your company in measurable ways。 The founder of the Kaizen Institute, Masaaki Imai introduces his revolutionary Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling Assessment (FSLA)--a first-of-its-kind Lean paradigm for measuring and improving operational performance。 This new business classic teaches you:
-The importance of assessing corporate performance from both the financial and operational standpoints -How to identify basic structures of the ideal production systems-Proven ways of implementing FSLA to both measure operational performance and drive cost-effective, incremental improvements in their most critical business processes

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Reviews

Austeja St。

Besides learning some historical unknown to me facts, content was already familiar (other readings, conferences, trainings)。 However, I think content was good。 I just didn’t like that book was purely about manufacturing industry, was expecting also services。

Cyril Danthi

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Organizations report their performance annually through as per the financial standards。 Adhering to these reporting standards organizations publish their annual reports mostly containing or compiling to the requirements reporting either profit or loss。 Strategic Kaizen - provokes the thought that using Flow synchronization and leveling assessments as a tool to report a common standard method to report the operational excellence performance which is missing in todays world。 Although organizations Organizations report their performance annually through as per the financial standards。 Adhering to these reporting standards organizations publish their annual reports mostly containing or compiling to the requirements reporting either profit or loss。 Strategic Kaizen - provokes the thought that using Flow synchronization and leveling assessments as a tool to report a common standard method to report the operational excellence performance which is missing in todays world。 Although organizations undergo Assessments based on the set of criteria, can this tool be used to gauge the operational performance and start reporting。 My take 1。 Are organizations ready to report the Cost Of Poor Quality in their annual report so that the shareholders and stakeholders are aware how much the company looses on operations 2。 Board & CEO are reviewed on short term goals, leading to short term value generation for shareholders。 Then understanding the stakeholder expectations to create long term value creation。 The book provides examples of lean deployed in many organizations - making it interesting to read。 。。。more