Fishbone Flow

Previous editions of this guide were called 'Cause and Effect JIT' and 'Cause and Effect Lean'.

The guide has become a standard quick reference guide to Lean. It is used in hundreds of companies, scores of consultancies, and numerous universities. It is a popular choice as accompanying notes for Lean education.

This book is built around the well-established and proven Lean FLOW framework developed by Kate Mackle of Thinkflow, and also incorporates material on the other three of the 'big four' — Lean operations, Six Sigma, TRIZ, and TPM.

• Priorities
• World Class: The Big Four
• Three Themes of Lean
• FLOW FRAMEWORK
• The Essential PARETOS
• MAPPING FLOW
• MAPPING Activities, and BROWN PAPER Scene Setting
• Sustainable Lean Environment
• UNDERSTAND VALUE for Flow
• MANAGE THE CONSTRAINT
• PULL and SYNCHRONIZE for Flow
• ALIGN DEMAND for Flow
• INVENTORY for Flow
• COMPRESS LEAD TIME for Flow
• SURFACE PROBLEMS
• DEVELOP FLEXIBLE PROCESSES (1) — SMALL MACHINES
• DEVELOP FLEXIBLE PROCESSES (2) — CHANGEOVER REDUCTION
• Lean and SIX SIGMA
• REDUCE VARIATION, MISTAKES and COMPLEXITY
• MAINTAIN THE PROCESSES for Flow
• SUSTAINING Flow
• ALIGN THE ORGANIZATION for Flow
• Lean and IMPROVEMENT
• SEVEN WASTES and SEVEN SERVICE WASTES
• STANDARD WORK for Flow
• VISUAL MANAGEMENT for Flow
• 5S
• LAYOUT for Flow
• DEVELOP PEOPLE and TEAMS for Flow
• Team Involvement
• MEASURE for Flow
• LEAN ACCOUNTING for Flow
• DESIGN and New Product Development for Flow
• SERVICE, ADMINISTRATION and OFFICE
• PROJECT Flow
• SUPPLY for Flow
• DISTRIBUTE for Flow

At last! A practical, easily followed, logical book about Lean and its Tools!

If you're into Lean, I can recommend this small booklet. It is worth every penny you pay for it.