ABSTRACT

This book provides an assorted set of reflections/lessons from the "trenches" of Lean service and brings to fore leadership challenges, new tools, and the known-unknowns (insights that very few know but many in journey of Lean transformation need to know). Lean has the ability to address a wide range of problems faced by service companies, such as: complexity reduction, sales force productivity enhancement, operations risk control, cost leadership, combining scale with flexibility, service excellence and improving employee morale and involvement. Many of the principles discussed in the book are based on the author's first-hand experience in Lean implementation.

chapter 3|4 pages

Should You Board the Ship?

chapter 6|2 pages

Know the Building Blocks

chapter 8|4 pages

Engagement: Where to Begin?

chapter 13|4 pages

It Makes Sense to Define Lean Differently

chapter 19|4 pages

Let a Road Map Guide Your Deployment

chapter 20|6 pages

Observe, Observe, and Observe

chapter 21|2 pages

Lean Need Not Necessarily Be Called Lean

chapter 26|4 pages

Is Lean Applicable in Your Organization?

chapter 30|4 pages

Who Are the Custodians of Your Process?

chapter 31|4 pages

Just Not Larger Projects

chapter 32|4 pages

White Spaces: A Great Lean Opportunity

chapter 35|4 pages

What Metrics Should You Have?

chapter 41|4 pages

Make Customers Service Themselves

chapter 42|2 pages

Encourage Team Members to Report Problems

chapter 45|4 pages

Embed a Regime of Ref lection

chapter 54|4 pages

Know the Little-Known Law

chapter 58|4 pages

Practice Pull-Based Sales