03127oam 2200589M 450 991015318460332120230810001412.01-315-39780-31-315-39782-X1-315-39781-110.1201/9781315397825 (CKB)3710000000960817(MiAaPQ)EBC4748353(OCoLC)964527639(OCoLC)1100701223(OCoLC-P)1100701223(FlBoTFG)9781315397825(BIP)72280415(BIP)62923343(EXLCZ)99371000000096081720170831d2017 my 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses /Arnaldo Camuffo1st edition.New York :Productivity Press,2017.1 online resource (195 pages)A Productivity Press book.1-138-40932-4 1-4987-7363-X Includes bibliographical references and index.chapter 1. Little big lean champions -- chapter 2. Understanding the Italian context -- chapter 3. How to transform SMEs -- chapter 4. The transformation paths of Italian SMEs -- chapter 5. Leading successful lean transformations in SMEs.Lean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises: Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses summarizes two decades of research, teaching, and practice on lean thinking. Based 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. SMEs' leaders wishing to undertake and sustain a lean transformation must: Make a serious and lasting commitment to transform, avoiding the temptation to change course of action; Choose accurately the value streams that require improvement as defined by strategy deployment; Build capabilities to sustain the transformation; Lead by example by going to gemba and creating a culture of respect for people that goes beyond the visible devices and artifacts of Lean tools. Small businessItalyCase studiesOrganizational changeItalyCase studiesReengineering (Management)ItalyCase studiesLean manufacturingItalyCase studiesSmall businessOrganizational changeReengineering (Management)Lean manufacturing658.4/063Camuffo Arnaldo437425OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910153184603321Lean transformations for small and medium enterprises2058503UNINA