The book provides a holistic and practical approach to lean management throughout the business value chain. The lean management framework and tools demonstrate the optimal design and use of methods, tools and principles for companies and organisations. The author describes comprehensively how lean management enables companies to concentrate on value-adding activities and processes to achieve a long-term, sustainable competitive advantage. A wealth of best practices, industry examples and case studies are used to reveal the diversity and opportunities of lean management methodologies, methods and principles. Moreover, the book shows how lean management principles are ultimately applied in industries like automotive, healthcare, education and services industries.

Chapter 1 Basics in Lean Management

Chapter 2 The cultural Change towards Lean Management
Chapter 3 Kaizen: Continuous Improvements in small Steps
Chapter 4  Waste and Value-added
Chapter 5 Lean Management as part of the corporate Strategy
Chapter 6 Leadership and Empowerment
Chapter 7  Lean Management in Operations
Chapter 8  Lean Management in the Product Development
Chapter 9 Principles of a Lean Production System
Chapter 10  Lean Management on the Upstream (Supply side)
Chapter 11 Lean Management on the Downstream (Demand side)
Chapter 12  Lean Management KPI and OKR
Chapter 13  The Human Side of Lean Management
Chapter 14 Lean Management and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Chapter 15 Sustainability and of Lean Management
Chapter 16 Lean Management in the Service Industry
Chapter 17  Lean Management in Health Care Sector
Chapter 18 Lean Management in the Education Sector
Chapter 19 Lean Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS)
Chapter 20 Outlook of Lean Management
Glossary of Lean Management Terms
Index.