Office Books

The 5S Desktop (PC) Training Set allows you to apply the Lean tool of 5S to your electronic files and folders using Windows Explorer and Outlook. The Training Set is based off the best-selling The 5S Desktop (PC) Pocket Handbook with references throughout on the Note Pages of the Facilitator's Guide. You will learn the step-by-step procedures for organizing and standardizing all your electronic files through the Greybeck, Inc. case study. Also, through the 5S phases, flags, filters, and reminders will be discussed to ensure your emails are better organized and handled. 5S is a powerful tool to begin to improve office productivity in regards to data and information flow.

In this Training Set you will learn how to:

1) Relate waste to everyday activities surrounding the Desktop and networking environment
2) Communicate the need for improving file organization and standardization
3) Implement the 5S phases with step-by-step screen shots
4) Sort, Set-In-Order, and Scrub (the first 3 phases) files in the Greybeck, Inc. case study using Windows Explorer and Microsoft Outlook
5) Summarize the teachings by conducting a 5S Desktop (PC) Jeopardy game

Spiral Bound - 8.5" x 11" - 150+ PowerPoint slides, Explorer and Outlook examples, Desktop Waste Assessment, Greybeck, Inc. hands-on case study, 5S Desktop (PC) Jeopardy Game, 1-Instructor's Guide, 16 - The 5S Desktop (PC) Pocket Handbooks (to be used as course materials), and a CD containing all the files for you to customize.

If you would like this workshop conducted in your organization, please email jdbuys@ccconcepts.com or info@theleanstore.com.

Lean Office Demystified II reveals the secrets on how Lean can be leveraged with MS Office (and other applications) to move information where it is needed, when it is needed, in error-free ways never dreamed of - at the speed of sight. Learn how MS Excel, Word, Access, Grove, and Visio, as well as ACT!, Windows Explorer, and Google Docs can be used in applying Lean tools and concepts. This is all conveyed through the Global Winds case study that is included at the end of each chapter.

This easy-to-use book includes everything you need for success - readiness guides, worksheets, forms, screen shots, application examples, etc. Lean Office Demystified II goes beyond theory to explain how all this works in the actual business case study of Global Winds. Lean Office Demystified II will boost office performance, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction, while at the same time create stress-free work place. Computer users, Lean leaders, and front-line employees of the world now unite in this tools and concepts explained in this book! 

BONUS! The Appendix now contains step-by-step instructions on how to:

1. Create a value stream map in Visio
2. Use Pivot Tables to help identify a value stream
3. Use Excel to create an Employee Balance Chart

Perfect Bound, Paperback - 5.5" x 7.5" - 400+ Pages - 150+ Illustrations, Forms, Worksheets, Screen Shots - Examples Throughout - Glossary - Index

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Books to Ship March 17th, 2010!

The 5S for the Office User’s Guide provides an organization with the forms, worksheets, and checklists necessary to ensure a 5S project is well-planned from the start - as well as ensuring the program is sustained over time.  This how-to guide should be used as it is titled  - as a “Guide”.  The information contained in this workbook should supplement, support, and enhance, etc. current materials that an organization may currently be using.

Paperback – 8.5" x 11.0" – 124 pages, 40+ forms, worksheets, and guides, 20+ digital photos

The New Lean Office Pocket Guide is a powerful toolkit that offers Lean solutions for improving information flow – both paper-based and electronic – in all types of industries.  Thirty-two chapters are contained in this book, with ten of the chapter enhanced to demonstrate their use in Microsoft Office and Windows Explorer applications.  The New Lean Office Pocket Guide will bridge the application of Lean principles from a paper-based system to the 21st century of digital information flow.  This book is designed to be a convenient, quick-reference.  You can put your finger on any Lean tool within a matter of seconds.  The tools of 5S, value stream mapping, document tagging, continuous flow, mistake proofing, standard work, takt time, pitch, visual control, runners, waste (digital), plus numerous others are thoroughly defined as well as guidelines provided for the implementation of each tool.  Don’t go Lean with it!

Spiral Bound - 3.5" x 5.5" – 240 pages – 120+ Illustrations, Forms, and Worksheets, Glossary, Desktop (PC) Waste Audit, and Index

The Lean Office Pocket Handbook is a quick-reference guide covering the terms, concepts, benefits and techniques for the application of Lean in administrative areas of all industry types. It is easy to follow, simple in its concepts, and, above all, practical to use.

The tools of 5S, continuous flow, office layout, value stream mapping, process mapping, problem solving, kanbanning office supplies, kaizen, plus numerous other Lean tools are defined in terms that relate to the administrative environment.

Paperback - 3.75” x  5.5” - 80 pages

The New Lean Office Training Set is your 21st century solution to conveying the methodology of teaching Lean practices in administrative settings.  This set is based on over 15 years of Lean Office implementation. The Set allows an organization to teach the topics contained in the best selling The New Lean Office Pocket Guide with references throughout on the Note Pages of the Facilitator’s Guide.  The Lean Office Assessment (Microsoft Excel) will allow you to identify key areas that may be of value to initiate Lean projects.

In this training set you will learn:

1)  How to communicate Lean relative to administrative work flow (paper-based and electronic)
2)  To understand the Lean tools by viewing over 50 Lean office examples (photos and illustrations)
3)  How to conduct kaizen events using the 3 S’s of Stabilize, Standardize, and Simplify
4)  To summarize the teachings through a Lean Office Jeopardy game and additional case studies
5)  Learn how to conduct a Lean simulation that will relate to transactional work flow and
customer (i.e., client, member, etc.) satisfaction

Spiral Bound - 8.5" x 11" – 200+ PowerPoint Slides, 50 Lean Office Photos, Six Case Studies, Instructions on activities for standard work, change, teaming, etc., Lean Office Jeopardy Game, Value Stream Mapping Exercise, Desktop (PC) Application Examples, Lean Simulation Instructions, 1-Instructor’s Guide, 5-Participant Guides, 1- Lean Office…it can be done! DVD, the Lean Office Assessment, and a CD containing all the files for you to customize

The New Lean Office Participant Guide presents the overheads from The New Office Training Set three to a page. This allows notes to be taken as information from the Training Set is presented.

In this participant guide you will learn:

1. How to contribute your ideas through Lean initiatives
2. To understand the Lean tools by relating them to actual office examples
3. How Lean tools are applied through involvement in a simulation
4. To improve your technical skills

Spiral Bound - 8.5" x 11" - 164 PowerPoint slides three to a page.

The Lean Pocket Handbook for Kaizen Events is your personal (i.e., individual) Lean planner for the 21st century.  We have found individuals that use this pocket handbook feel more part of the Kaizen team.  They also continue to contribute improvement ideas well past the formal team Kaizen Event.  That is what Lean is all about - making those small, incremental, improvements daily (i.e., hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute) by those closest to the process.

Paperback - 3.75” x  5.5” - 96pages

Spiral Bound -  3.5” x 5.5”  – 239 pages – 90+ Illustrations, Forms, Worksheets – Case Study Throughout Demonstrating Quality Improvement and Lean Tools – Waste Audit – Glossary – Index

Perfect Bound -  3.5” x 5.5”  – 239 pages – 90+ Illustrations, Forms, Worksheets – Case Study Throughout Demonstrating Quality Improvement and Lean Tools – Waste Audit – Glossary – Index

The Simply Lean Training Set is your 21st century solution to conveying the PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) methodology with a Lean focus.  This set is based on over 30 years of problem solving and Lean implementation. The Set allows an organization to teach the topics contained in The Simply Pocket Guide with numerous interactive case studies that allow the participants to practice using basic problem solving tools.  The Set also conveys the most basic aspects of Lean through examples and digital photos.

In this training set you will learn how to:

1. Use quality improvement tools through case study examples and activities
2. Integrate Lean into any problem solving or Six Sigma project 
3. Conduct Kaizen Events
4. Summarize the teachings through a Simply Lean Jeopardy game
5. Conduct a simulation that conveys Lean and problem solving solutions

Spiral Bound – 8.5” x 11” – 200 PowerPoint Slides - 40+ Illustrations, Simply Lean Jeopardy Game, Problem Solving Lean Simulation, Tinker Town Case Study, 1-Instructor’s Guide, 5-Participant Guides, and the CD containing all the PowerPoint slides for you to customize

The Simply Lean Participant Guide presents the overheads from The Simply Lean Training Set three to a page.  This allows notes to be taken as information from The Simply Lean Training Set is presented.

In this participant guide you will learn how to:

1. Use quality improvement tools through case study examples and activities
2. Integrated Lean into any problem solving or Six Sigma project 
3. Participate actively in Kaizen Events
4. Communicate the terms and concepts through a Simply Lean Jeopardy game
5. Improve a process through interaction in a problem solving - Lean simulation

Spiral Bound – 8.5” x 11” – 143 PowerPoint slides three to a page

Who Hollered Fore? creates an awareness of the evils of variation – along with the realization of what that costs an organization in time and money.  This book will assist in creating a common language and basic Lean theme throughout your organization.  Through the story of John, Laura, and the Bartlett’s, as they participate in a charity golf event, the conversation about Lean and golf become intertwined.  And finally they discover the secret to it all!

Hardcover - 5.5" x 8.5" - 90 pages