Strategic Kaizen™: Using Flow, Synchronization, And Leveling [fsl™] Assessment To Measure And Strengthen Operational Performance

By (author) Imai Masaaki
Description
The groundbreaking follow-up from the bestselling author of Gemba Kaizen, and pioneer of “continuous improvement” operational excellence. 
Whether you run a business or practice Lean, this groundbreaking guide provides everything you need to transform your company in measurable ways. The founder of the Kaizen Institute, Masaaki Imai introduces his revolutionary Flow, Synchronization, and Leveling Assessment (FSLA)—a first-of-its-kind Lean paradigm for measuring and improving operational performance. This new business classic teaches you:
•The importance of assessing corporate performance from both the financial and operational standpoints •How to identify basic structures of the ideal production systems•Proven ways of implementing FSLA to both measure operational performance and drive cost-effective, incremental improvements in their most critical business processes 

Table of contents
Foreword 

Acknowledgments 

PART I Introducing the Era of Continuous Learning
1 Why Are We Talking About Learning at Work? 
2 What Have We Learned About Learning? 
3 Building a Learning Culture Means Getting
Comfortable with Change 

PART II Five Ways to Make Learning Core
to the Way We Work
4 Develop and Foster Agile Learners 
5 Feedback Is Fuel for Learning Cultures 
6 Think Like a Marketer to Drive Learning
and Development 
7 Put Learning into the Flow of Work 
8 Signal the Value of Learning 

PART III Making Upskilling Imperative to Your Business
9 The Business Case for a Learning Culture 
10 Care and Maintenance of Your
Learning Culture 

Notes 

Index