2011 Shingo Prize Winner!
Lean IT
Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation
Steven C. Bell and Michael A. Orzen
ISBN: 978-1-4398-1756-8, September 2010, 370 pp.
"There has never been a more critical time to improve how IT integrates with the
global business enterprise. This book provides an unprecedented look at the role
that Lean will play in making this revolutionary shift and the critical steps for sustained
success."
-Steve Castellanos, Lean Enterprise Director, Nike, Inc.
To achieve and sustain a Lean transformation, organizations must effectively
engage and leverage IT in all aspects of continuous improvement. This 2011 Singo
Prize winner examines how IT can better understand and serve the needs of the business; how the business
can engage IT in continuous improvement activity; how IT can apply the tools and methods of Lean inwardly;
and how to measure the results of these efforts.