Lean management for small and medium sized enterprises

By: Mahadevan, GaneshContributor(s): Chejarla, Kalyana C [Co-author]Material type: BookBookPublication details: Singapore Springer 2023Description: xxxv, 341p.; col. ,illISBN: 9789811943393Subject(s): Lean manufacturing implementation | Small and medium enterprises | Operations management | Lean management principlesDDC classification: 658.04 Summary: This book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing lean at SMEs using an approach that has been tested and fine-tuned at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia and the Middle East. The book approaches Lean through an implementation project cycle flow and enables the reader to understand the imperative for Lean, how to diagnose current operations, how to plan and deploy Lean and shows a path for long-term sustenance. Diverse situations such as meeting the demand fluctuations, designing a facility, or improving profit margin etc. are included in the case studies from multiple sectors, to ensure that every reader finds a situation similar to their organizational situation. While the publicly available literature on lean offers a large collection of tools and techniques, given each organization’s unique context, the choice of the right sequence of tools differ. The book offers guidelines in terms of which solutions work in which context, backed by real-cases, which is a big help to the resource constrained SMEs. This book is an equally good resource for the organizations that have already implemented lean, as it provides realistic pointers about sustaining, tackling supply chain uncertainties and going beyond Lean by integrating emerging technologies and management principles. It is an excellent resource for students and researchers studying this area and also for corporates, professionals and industry watchers. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-4340-9#about-this-book
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The Imperative of Lean Management
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 1-8
Lean Management Principles
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 9-25
Lean Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 27-37
Lean Implementation Methodology for SMEs
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 39-50
Commencing the Lean Journey
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 51-81
Designing the Lean Intervention
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 83-98
Implementing Lean
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 99-131
Stabilization
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 133-151
Sustaining Lean
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 153-163
Beyond Lean
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 165-178
Leveraging Lean to Tackle Uncertainty
Ganesh Mahadevan, Kalyana C. Chejarla
Pages 179-192

This book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing lean at SMEs using an approach that has been tested and fine-tuned at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia and the Middle East. The book approaches Lean through an implementation project cycle flow and enables the reader to understand the imperative for Lean, how to diagnose current operations, how to plan and deploy Lean and shows a path for long-term sustenance.
Diverse situations such as meeting the demand fluctuations, designing a facility, or improving profit margin etc. are included in the case studies from multiple sectors, to ensure that every reader finds a situation similar to their organizational situation. While the publicly available literature on lean offers a large collection of tools and techniques, given each organization’s unique context, the choice of the right sequence of tools differ. The book offers guidelines in terms of which solutions work in which context, backed by real-cases, which is a big help to the resource constrained SMEs. This book is an equally good resource for the organizations that have already implemented lean, as it provides realistic pointers about sustaining, tackling supply chain uncertainties and going beyond Lean by integrating emerging technologies and management principles. It is an excellent resource for students and researchers studying this area and also for corporates, professionals and industry watchers.


https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-4340-9#about-this-book

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