Value Stream Management: Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, and Sustaining Lean Improvements (Create a Complete System for Lean Transformation!)

I bought this for a class. It's a good read. I have quite a bit of experience already, but found this a valuable read and will be keeping it in my office for reference in the future. I found that sometimes it seemed like they went over the same material multiple times. I think they could have streamlined it honestly, but that's ok. Maybe that is more helpful for a beginner.I actually haven't been able to keep this in my office. One of the manufacturing engineers that reports to me has been reading it during lunches. We are also planning a VS mapping event soon so the plant manager borrowed it earlier this week to copy the symbols so we could cut them out and use to paper doll doing some pre-work. It's a great buy. I actually also bought the office version of this book but haven't started it yet. My department is growing and reorganizing so it was a good time to look at that.

CD was missing. But other than that, great condition.

Poorly written with a lot of text just to fill in the pages. Most of the concepts of lean are common sense anyway and don't need any made up methodology. One example of the nonsense of lean, not only in this book, is the fight with inventory. It is demonized, but then replaced with buffer, safety, and supermarket stock. Which in essence is the same as inventory. There are many other flaws in the lean nonsense and this book.

I use this book in my lean manufacturing class. It has good practical examples and a useful method for doing lean using the value stream mapping approach. I highly receommend this book for the first timers. I think someone who has no experience could get started using this book.

It was exactly as described and arrived promptly.

Haven't really read it, but I am sure it is riveting.

VSM books shows interesting process to apply modern control thinking to production. However, clear products standardisation & determination process could be necessary before methods can be applied as well as possible.Discussed waste elimination is generally nice approach. Waste elimination possibilities in organisations should to be evaluated with this book and more generally at lean bibliography, because elimination of waste helps almost everybody. :)

This is a 'lean' book -- it has no fat, no excess words. Yet it's comprehensive enough to guide someone through all the basics of lean. It provides step-by-step instructions, with good examples, and lots of forms. And it is easy, almost pleasant, to read. I bought it because the other reviews were very favorable, and they were right.

This is a wonderful how-to book. Plenty of useful tools, forms and practical methods you can use inmediately. If you complete with the LEI workbooks, you have in your possession a fantastic arsenal for your lean transformation. Very easy to read.So if you are looking for a practical method to implement Lean in manufacturing, this is your book.

Very informative and does/explains exactly what it says on the tin. It explained the tool and its use in a transactional environment very well!

Nos describe una metodología para realizar el mapeo de procesos en una empresa de manufactura , donde se pone de manifiestos los tiempos de proceso como: ciclo, esperas y almacenes, que al hacer una mejora del mismo podemos comparar donde se redujo el tiempo improductivo o que no agrega valor.

Good subject. Very nicely explained all concepts. However, Size of the book can be optimised to make it more handy. Good subject, not many working people know about this. To make it known.

The book explain in very visual way how to evaluate Valeu Stream.The CD isn't hlepful but it douesn't matter