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McGraw Hill Gemba Kaizen by IMAI
Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management, Second Edition is an in-depth revision of a proven seller. Since its publication by McGraw-Hill in 1997, the book has introduced the concepts of Kaizen to hundreds of thousands of people and their companies as they search for ways to survive and prosper. This trend will only grow amid increasingly intense global competition. Masaaki Imai is a leading authority in the field the man who introduced the concepts of Kaizen to the English-speaking world. Fourteen years since the publication of Gemba Kaizen, the world sees the wide application of Gemba Kaizen going far beyond its manufacturing origins and now carried into hospitals, government offices, hotels, ports, retailers, mining operations, software development, construction and even universities. The Kaizen Institute, the consulting firm founded by Masaaki Imai, is at the forefront of this movement to adopt and promote Gemba Kaizen around the world. This new edition features global case studies from a wide range of sectors, sharing the keys to successful implementation of Gemba Kaizen.