Summary This Is Lean Resolving The Efficiency Paradox By Modig Niklas

This is Lean

SUMMARY - This Is Lean: Resolving The Efficiency Paradox By Modig Niklas

* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. By reading this summary, you will discover how to better define the contours of what Lean is. You will also discover that : a Lean operational strategy must focus on the efficiency of flows; each company context calls for its own specific operational strategy; the transformation of the company towards Lean takes place at several levels; the implementation of Lean is never completely completed. Let's start with the examples of Monique and Pascale. These two women have in common the desire to discover the cause of a lump in their breasts. Monique will follow a classic medical path, alternating doctor's appointments and screening tests in a specialized laboratory. Her journey will last seventeen days. Pascale goes to a facility that promises her a diagnosis in one day, bringing all the steps of the process together in one place. These two examples illustrate two types of organizations, depending on whether they focus on using their resources or whether they focus on customer satisfaction. *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!

Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets

Across the nation, construction projects large and small—from hospitals to schools to simple home improvements—are spiraling out of control. Delays and cost overruns have come to seem “normal,” even as they drain our wallets and send our blood pressure skyrocketing. In Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets, prominent construction attorney Barry B. LePatner builds a powerful case for change in America’s sole remaining “mom and pop” industry—an industry that consumes $1.23 trillion and wastes at least $120 billion each year. With three decades of experience representing clients that include eminent architects and engineers, as well as corporations, institutions, and developers, LePatner has firsthand knowledge of the bad management, ineffective supervision, and insufficient investment in technology that plagues the risk-averse construction industry. In an engaging and direct style, he here pinpoints the issues that underlie the industry’s woes while providing practical tips for anyone in the business of building, including advice on the precise language owners should use during contract negotiations. Armed with Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets, everyone involved in the purchase or renovation of a building or any structure—from homeowners seeking to remodel to civic developers embarking on large-scale projects—has the information they need to change this antiquated industry, one project at a time. “LePatner describes what is wrong with the current system and suggests ways that architects can help—by retaking their rightful place as master builders.”—Fred A. Bernstein, Architect Magazine “Every now and then, a major construction project is completed on time and on budget. Everyone is amazed. . . . Barry LePatner thinks this exception should become the rule. . . . A swift kick to the construction industry.”—James R. Hagerty, Wall Street Journal