Lean Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Diverse situations such as meeting the demand fluctuations, designing a facility, or improving profit margin etc. are included in the case studies from multiple sectors, to ensure that every reader finds a situation similar to their organizational situation. While the publicly available literature on lean offers a large collection of tools and techniques, given each organization’s unique context, the choice of the right sequence of tools differ. The book offers guidelines in terms of which solutions work in which context, backed by real-cases, which is a big help to the resource constrained SMEs. This book is an equally good resource for the organizations that have already implemented lean, as it provides realistic pointers about sustaining, tackling supply chain uncertainties and going beyond Lean by integrating emerging technologies and management principles. It is an excellent resource for students and researchers studying this area and also for corporates, professionals and industry watchers.
Kalyana C. Chejarla is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, completed his postgraduate studies from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and ICFAI Business School, and holds a B.Sc. (Engineering) from National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur. His areas of interest are operations, logistics and supply chain management, lean and quality management, and business process management. Before moving into academics in 2014, he has worked for about 18 years in the supply chain domain at globally renowned organizations such as Tata Motors, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services and Dell International Services, working extensively with clients in US and Japan.