| | |  | PDCA / PDSA / Deming Cycle | Home » » » The Lean Assessment for Job Shops and Small Manufacturers | | | | | | | Description: | | The Lean Assessment was created as a guide for the job shop and small manufacturer in their Lean journey. The Lean Assessment will provide a baseline upon which you can improve - and most importantly also provide a reference on what to do. The Lean Assessment has 13 categories that are further divided into sub-categories that are scored. The subsequent score will assist you into allocating the appropriate resources in your Lean project. Administrative areas are also referenced in this assessment. The Assessment is self-administering and will allow you to create the necessary visual Spider (or Radar) Chart to convey the score to the organization. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Roger Kremer | | Paperback:
| 54 pages | | Publisher:
| MCS Media, Inc. | | Publication Date:
| September 13, 2005 | | ISBN:
| 0972572899 | | Package Length:
| 10.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 OutstandingFeb 27, 2006
By Cynthia Guy
"Partner, Crystal Clear Concepts, a management consulting firm"
I found the book to be extremely helpful. I've used it with several of my job shop clients as part of their lean transition and it was an invaluable, easy-to-grasp tool. It has a solid understanding of the particulars that job shops face and I highly recommend it.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
A Lean Assessment You Can Learn FromFeb 27, 2006
By Jaclyn D. Hassenzahl
The Lean Assessment for Job Shops worked for our organization. It was simple to understand and very easy to use. We complimented the recommendations called out by the NAJS with our own material. This was the first assessment that I have seen that allowed us to be specific in Lean tool implementation. This was created by those that understand how Lean must work in job shops and small manufacturers!
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
A LEAN ASSESSMENT EVERYONE SHOULD TAKEMay 06, 2006
By D. Dan
This assessment is the best one available. Our organization has been implementing Lean for over 10 years. The assessment is an excellent analysis tool to assist your organization in going to the next level. Our score was not as high as we had thought, however, the assessment gave us insight into our next level of lean implementation. We will be using this assessment every 6 months. I suggest to The Lean Store for the next version references are made to other books and resources when given a particular score. Overall, a high endorsement for manufacturing to use this!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Useful toolFeb 27, 2006
By Laura Maslowski
As a Manufacturing Manager at a small assembly plant, I found that this assessment allowed us to communicate with the common lean purpose and language. I highly recommend it and found nothing else on the market that compares.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
This assessment works wonders!!!Feb 27, 2006
By Thomas C. Melcher
As an owner and CEO of a small shop I found this assessment to be very useful. We conduct this assessment every 6 months. Even though the NAJS in this assessment refers mostly to their curriculum it still is an acceptional lean compass. We use this to refer to general categories of lean where we can apply a particular tool. I have tried the numerous free lean assessments, even Shingo's and realized you get what you paid for. The assessment cost of $10 is worth every cent.
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