J. Ross Publishing
The Lean Extended Enterprise

The Lean Extended Enterprise
Moving Beyond the Four Walls to Value Stream Excellence
By Terence Burton and Steven Boeder

Hardcover, 6 x 9, 296 Pages
ISBN: 1-932159-12-6
Publishing May 2003

$49.95

This book provides executives, managers and educators with a comprehensive implementation plan for implementing enterprise-wide lean. Using the Lean Extended Enterprise Reference Model (LEERM), it demonstrates that by deploying the right methodologies and technologies to the right situation you can achieve breakthroughs in performance. It also illustrates how to integrate lean, six sigma, kaizen and enterprise resources planning into a total business improvement initiative, beyond the four walls of an organization.


Key Features:
  • Demonstrates how to integrate Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, ERP into a total business improvement initiative and how to apply the right method to the right opportunities to achieve breakthroughs in performance
  • Illustrates how to develop, organize, launch, and lead a successful enterprise-wide lean operating philosophy, from the executive suite to the shipping dock, and upstream and downstream with suppliers and customers respectively through the total value chain
  • Explains how to apply lean to non-traditional “soft process” areas such as: product development, engineering, customer service, production planning/purchasing, and other support functions
  • Includes implementation tools, assessment guides and templates


About the Author(s):
Terence T. Burton, President, Center for Excellence in Operations, Inc., has over thirty years of experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, engineering, materials management, purchasing, distribution, and management consulting. Terry holds a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of New Haven and an MBA from Boston University. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, a national LEAN SIG Chairman and a CPIM certified member of APICS, and a frequent instructor/educator and speaker at various industry events. Terry has hundreds of published articles to his credit on Lean, Six Sigma, Supply Chain, and Accelerated Product Development and is the author of four books by Prentice-Hall and Harcourt Brace.

Steven M. Boeder is currently Plant Manager at Traex Company, Unit of Libbey, Inc. Steve has over twenty-two years of experience in production, materials management, purchasing, quality, and information technology. Steve has extensive implementation experience in Lean Manufacturing, and serves as a frequent instructor on the subject at the University of Wisconsin’s Management Institute. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA from Edgewood College, and is a CPIM and CIRM certified member of APICS and AME. He has also served as National LEAN SIG Chairman of APICS.


Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Lean Extended Enterprise
Chapter 2: The Lean Extended Enterprise Reference Model (LEERM)
Chapter 3: Leadership and Infrastructure Development for the Lean Extended Enterprise
Chapter 4: Kaizen: Quick Strike Opportunities in the Lean Extended Enterprise
Chapter 5: The New Generations of Lean
Chapter 6: Six Sigma: A Management Revolution Well Under Way
Chapter 7: Beyond ERP: Deploying the Right Enabling Technologies
Chapter 8: Everything Begins and Ends with Performance Measurement
Chapter 9: Value Stream Integration: A Key Element of Success
Chapter 10: The Lean Extended Enterprise: Bring It On!
Index



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