A Survival Guide for Companies Facing Global Competition

Increasingly manufacturers everywhere have access to the same raw materials, technology, and distribution. And emerging markets are at once opening up new markets as well as acting as new low wage threats. Lean Labor shows how the workforce, often considered the most valuable asset of an organization, can also be its primary differentiation against today’s growing global competition. The intellectual property developed during an employee’s tenure impacts productivity, quality, and innovation and can become the ongoing differentiation for a manufacturer if the workforce is successfully managed.

Lean Labor is a guidebook that provides a step-by-step process of cultivating a highly effective workforce adopting lean methodologies.  Lean focuses on eliminating effort expended but not valued by customers and this book provides a roadmap of how to eliminate waste while empowering the workforce to make better decisions on a daily basis.  From minimizing payroll errors — to scheduling effectively — to eliminating production losses, many examples are included in the book that demonstrate how manufacturers have successfully changed the way they use labor to reduce costs, shorten lead times, and provide higher levels of service to their customers.