Productivity Press imprint: 189 books
Flow Manufacturing -- What Went Right, What Went Wrong
101 Mini-Case Studies that Reveal Lean’s Successes and Failures
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
This book tells 101 stories of company efforts to implement the many aspects of flow manufacturing -- including such topics as just-in-time production, total quality control, reorganization of factories into product-focused or customer-focused cells, plants-in-a-plant, material flows by the simplicity...
Andy & Me and the Hospital
Further Adventures on the Lean Journey
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Based on the author's years of experience working with Toyota’s master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, this book follows the story established in the Shingo Prize-winning book, Andy & Me: Crisis & Transformation on the Lean Journey.
In a cool and readable...
The Innovation Tools Handbook, Volume 3
Creative Tools, Methods, and Techniques that Every Innovator Must Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This book focuses on the creative tools and techniques, decisions, activities, and practices that move ideas to realization generate business value. It has a unique leaning on learning and mastering the improvement tools for managing the investment in creating new opportunities for generating customer...
by Gerard A. Berlanga, Brock C. Husby
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book gives healthcare leaders a practical guide to implementing the 4 key components of lean daily management system - 1. LDM boards; 2. Leadership rounds 3. Leader daily disciplines and 4. Lean projects. Although lean is not new to healthcare, effective LDM is just now taking hold with the best...
by Thomas L. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The change from traditional ways of producing and managing healthcare services to a just-in-time approach requires a new understanding about what adds value for the patient or customer, and what does not. Just-in-Time for Healthcare is intended to share powerful knowledge that will help you participate...
Out of the Present Crisis
Rediscovering Improvement in the New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Today, organizations have achieved an overall failure rate above 80 percent with Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and continuous improvement in general. This is certainly not due to a shortage of books, consultants, and other online resources about the methodologies and tools, or the success stories...
Rethinking Lean in Healthcare
A Business Novel on How a Hospital Restored Quality Patient Care and Obtained Financial Stability Using Lean
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book deals with a hospital's struggle to secure and maintain financial stability. In the story, the leadership team of a fictional hospital adopts the tools and principles associated with the Toyota Production System or Lean. The story takes the reader through leadership's arduous journey from...
Leading Healthcare IT
Managing to Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Healthcare IT is a complex and rapidly evolving field. Success in this arena requires the ability to create a vision, set a strategy, foster collaboration, develop a plan and execute flawlessly every day. This book provides a clear, concise roadmap for professionals who currently manage, direct or...
Understanding Healthcare Economics
Managing Your Career in an Evolving Healthcare System, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Healthcare economics is a topic of increasing importance due to the substantial changes that are expected to radically alter the way Americans obtain and finance healthcare. Understanding Healthcare Economics, 2nd Edition provides an evidence-based framework to help practitioners comprehend the changes...
Leading Medicaid Managed Care Plans
A State Relationship Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Leading Medicaid Managed Care Plans examines leadership actions necessary to successfully operate a Medicaid managed care plan with emphasis on the relationship with the state Medicaid agency the health plan is contracted with. With appropriate operational and governance oversight, and with solid...
Production Management
Advanced Models, Tools, and Applications for Pull Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Inventory control is an essential task in production management. An effective inventory control can significantly reduce the holding cost and hence, total production cost. Selecting and implementing a suitable production control system plays an important role in inventory reduction and performance...
Connected Health
Improving Care, Safety, and Efficiency with Wearables and IoT Solution
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Connected Health is the most dynamic phenomenon in healthcare technology today. From smartphones and tablets to apps, body sensors and telemedicine, Connected Health promises to stir foundational shifts in healthcare quality and delivery. This is a watershed moment in healthcare – the Connected...
Lean Maintenance
A Practical, Step-By-Step Guide for Increasing Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
The book is about applying Lean manufacturing principles to industrial maintenance in order to improve the efficiency and be able to do more with the same (or less) resources. By industrial maintenance we mean the maintenance that takes place in factories and industrial facilities. The book is the...
The Kanban Playbook
A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
This book is intented for Lean practitioners and facilitators looking for a training tool and guideline that can be used in the work area while improvements are being made. It provides the most visible and detailed approach to Kanban implementation, so that they can see results in a short period.