Lean Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Adapting Operations to Changing Business Environment

This book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing lean at SMEs, using an approach tested and fine-tuned at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia, and the Middle East. It approaches Lean through an implementation project cycle flow and offers guidelines for choosing the right sequence of tools, backed by real-cases. It is an excellent resource for students, researchers, corporates, professionals, and industry watchers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 341 pages
Publication date: 24 September 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This comprehensive guide offers a step-by-step approach to implementing lean at SMEs, drawing from extensive experience at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia, and the Middle East. The book adopts a project-based implementation cycle, enabling readers to grasp the essence of lean, diagnose current operations, plan and deploy lean strategies, and establish a path for long-term sustainability.

Diverse scenarios, including addressing demand fluctuations, designing facilities, and enhancing profit margins, are showcased through case studies from various sectors. These case studies ensure that readers can find situations akin to their own organizational context, making the book highly relevant and valuable.

While the public literature on lean provides a vast array of tools and techniques, it recognizes that the choice of these tools should be tailored to each organization's unique context. The book offers guidelines on which solutions work best in which situations, supported by real-life examples, providing significant assistance to resource-constrained SMEs.

Furthermore, this book serves as an invaluable resource for organizations that have already embraced lean practices, offering practical insights into sustaining lean initiatives, navigating supply chain uncertainties, and exploring beyond lean by integrating emerging technologies and management principles. It is a must-read for students, researchers, corporates, professionals, and industry watchers alike, as it provides a deep understanding of lean principles and their practical application in various industries.

Weight: 804g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811943393
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023