Easier, Simpler, Faster: Systems Strategy for Lean IT

For your lean transformation to be successful, your IT system must support it! To enhance and sustain its lean journey, a company must implement information systems that fully support and enhance the lean initiative.

In Easier, Simpler, Faster: Systems Strategy for Lean IT, Jean Cunningham and Duane Jones introduce a case study of an actual lean implementation involving an IT system of a mid-size manufacturer, highlighting the IT issues that they faced during their lean transformation.

Introduction

Chapter 1 : Lean Basics to Define Your Customer Value, Eliminate Wastes, and Align IS
Chapter 2 : Applying Standardization to Information Systems
Chapter 3 : Integrating Your Order Entry into the Information Highway
Chapter 4 : Selecting, Enabling, and Customizing Your ERP System
Chapter 5 : Kanban : Reducing Inventory and Managing Pull with Suppliers
Chapter 6 : Reshuffling MRP to Aligh with Kanban and Lean
Chapter 7 : Mission to Go Live—Building Teams and Overcoming Barriers
Chapter 8 : Capturing, Managing, and Sharing Information
Chapter 9 : Lean Accounting Systems

Appendix A : Seven Steps to Eliminating Standard Cost from an Information System
Appendix B : The Thirteen Guiding Information System Principles
Index
About the Authors