Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy, Second Edition (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

The best book for understanding the role of management layers in a lean company .. The book includes a lot of examples and case studies that makes the new-to-lean believes that lean transformation is possible and worths trying. .. The benefits are huge ! At the top of all interesting topics the book covers, is the rule of top management / CEO in making lean transformation happen which without it lean is doomed to fail !

Product was perfect.

Would have given 5 stars, but there's always room for improvement 😉

You can learn KAIZEN philosophy of the TOYOTA or any Japanese manufacture.

El libro es de buena calidad y es necesario para los que buscamos la certificación en lean manofacturing

The book is very helpful for entrepreneurs having a work place

The book focuses on the process, refining the process and applying definition to the whole idea of constant improvement. Not a sexy title about innovation and discovery but a wonderful volume about how to do things well, using common sense and proven techniques. Anyone in a manufacturing business, including sales, customer service and hourly workers will benefit if the precepts are followed. I refer to Gemba Kaizen almost every day for my job in sales. It is indispensable for problem solving, project management, matrix management and overall quality improvement. This volume coupled with QFD will totally run a manufacturing company and do it on a world class level.

The fact that this book was released in 1997 and they have been able to only release this second edition shows the commitment on Masaaki Imai to "not send rejects or defects to the next process in line" because the book is almost perfect...and it will continue improving ;-)

Gemba ist der Ort, an dem etwas passiert, wo gearbeitet wird. Der Autor beschreibt in diesem Buch, wie kontinuierliche Verbesserung verschiedenen Firmen geholfen hat. Zu Anfang stellt er noch einmal klar, dass es keine Verbesserung gibt, wenn man (besonders als Führungskraft) nicht ständig am Gemba ist und sich ansieht, was wirklich passiert. Zu leicht trifft man in Besprechungshinterzimmern irrelevante Entscheidungen. Was ich im Detail interessant fand, ist wie ein Kaizen-Ereignis vorbereitet wird. Der zweite Teil des Buches enthält viele Beispiele mit konkreten Zahlen aus verschiedenen Branchen. Nach dem Lesen kann sich also keiner rausreden nach dem Motto Kaizen wäre nur etwas für produzierende Betriebe. Nein, Kaizen am Gembe betrifft alle Firmen.