In REAL LEAN Critical Issues and Opportunities in Lean Management (Volume Two), Bob Emiliani helps Lean management practitioners gain a greater awareness of the challenges they face when implementing Lean.

In a lively and engaging style, he also provides additional explanation and critical analysis the purposes, advantages, myths, and misinformation surrounding Lean management.

The second volume builds upon the interesting and informative linkages to historical and long-forgotten perspectives that have contributed to the creation of Lean management as we know it today.

As with volume one, REAL LEAN emphasizes Lean as a management system and the “Respect for People” principle because both are usually missing from the practice of Lean management today.

Managers will find this book easy to read, amazingly insightful, and filled with practical information that will help them better comprehend and put REAL LEAN into practice every day.

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Reader Comments:

"I love the book. The analogy between Lean and Scientific Management is beautiful. I personally got a lot out of it, and believe me, I read every bit of Lean trash that is published. Most of the tripe coming across my desk is either a rehash of old concepts, or a down-right misinterpretation. Your book is right on the money."

"Real Lean Volumes One & Two were full of insights and learnings that help me better understand Lean management. Your writing continues to inspire and inform. I can not say enough good things about your work; it's amazing and all extensively researched."

"...these books are an engaging, thought provoking and easy read. They will give you a broader awareness of the evolution of Lean..."

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REAL LEAN
Critical Issues and Opportunities in Lean Management
(Volume Two)

by Bob Emiliani
The CLBM, LLC Wethersfield, Conn., USA

200 pages / ISBN 978-0-9722591-4-9 / Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches / July 2007 / Soft Cover / Retail Price $15

Table of Contents

Preface

1 The Persistence of the Current State

2 The Leadership Problem

3 Can Lean Exit the Tool Age?

4 How to Make Lean Last a Long Time

5 Manage to the Market

6 “We’re Beyond That”

7 Lean is Not a Theory

8 Know Your Competition

9 “It’s Overwhelming”

10 Neglected Opportunities

11 Accountants and Their Cost Systems

12 Memo to Finance Executives

13 Lean Enterprise Estate Planning

Afterword

Index