The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment

Offering business practitioners updated methods of lean thinking, this text explores the potential of grafting newer concepts of production onto the solid foundations of lean principles. The author begins by covering the basics of Six Sigma and the Toyota production system. He then moves on to recent advances in process understanding. Through analyzing changing attitudes within the system, the book addresses ways in which new products are developed using lean thinking and gives examples on how e-commerce plays a role in the production. It also incorporates the green agenda into the concept of lean thinking.