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This book is a concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools used in the Lean method for improving business processes. It constitutes a sufficient toolkit to enable practitioners to quickly start using Lean to improve business processes in their workplace. Alternatively, it can also serve as a textbook in undergraduate or master's programs. This book succinctly describes the benefits of Lean in manufacturing, sales, administration, distribution, health care, and other industries, as well as providing a step-by-step description of how Lean is applied.

Lean manufacturing. --- continuous improvement --- efficiency --- lead time reduction --- Lean --- Lean manufacturing --- Lean Six Sigma --- process analysis --- process improvement --- process management --- process mapping --- value stream mapping

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Sustainability Delivered was written to help supply chain managers, entrepreneurs, executives, and stakeholders develop the awareness and skills needed to support sustainable supply chain management in their firms. The book introduces the many ways that social and environmental responsibility can be integrated into supply chain management, from sustainable product and process design to programs and techniques that support product end-of-life management. The book also explores how sustainable supply chain management can be a key contributor to a firm's competitive advantage. With case examples, workshops, and step-by-step instruction in how to create a sustainable supply chain, Sustainability Delivered is the most practical and usable book on the market for helping business leaders authentically pursue and deliver on sustainability ideals.

Business logistics. --- Sustainability. --- Green products. --- Biomimicry --- Certification programs --- Cradle to Cradle (C2C) --- Design for Disassembly (DfD) --- Design for the Environment --- Ecoefficiency --- End-of- life management (EOL) --- Environmental management system (EMS) --- Environmentally responsible supply chain management --- Extended product responsibility --- Industrial ecology --- ISO 14000 --- ISO 26000 --- Life Cycle Analysis --- Life Cycle Assessment --- Natural Step --- Process design --- Product design --- Product end-of-life management (EOL) --- Purchasing scorecards --- Socially responsible supply chain management --- Supplier assessment --- Supplier scorecards --- Sustainable supply chain management --- Value stream mapping