Written for operations and manufacturing leaders and supervisors, this book explains how to implement and sustain a top-down, comprehensive strategy for manufacturing excellence. The text's comprehensive approach provides guidance on cultivating the right culture through leadership and mentoring. The author guides readers along the path to achieving organization alignment, both vertically and horizontally, across the entire structure of their organization. He provides readers with a method for tracking progress-plant by plant, and function by function. Examples of a communication plan and training plan are also included.