{"product_id":"lean-manufacturing-made-obvious-for-todd-drummond-9798234065315","title":"Lean Manufacturing Made Obvious for Leaders","description":"\u003cp\u003eMake Lean Clear Enough to Stick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost Lean efforts do not fail because leaders do not care. They fail because the work is too hard to see, too hard to follow, and too dependent on memory, heroics, and constant supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can have good people, solid effort, and decent equipment and still end up with missed targets, expediting, rework, long lead times, and frustrated managers. The problem is not usually effort. The problem is that the operation was never made obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why so many improvement efforts fade. A Kaizen event creates energy for a week. New metrics get posted. More meetings get scheduled. Another software tool gets added. Yet the same bottlenecks return, the same confusion shows up in a different form, and leaders stay stuck managing around broken flow instead of fixing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLean Manufacturing Made Obvious for Leaders is a practical guide for managers, supervisors, business owners, and improvement leaders who want real operational progress without jargon, consultant fog, or overly academic theory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows you how to make work visible, understandable, and sustainable so your team can run with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you will learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee the real causes of delay, rework, and confusion before they become accepted as normal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild standard work that teaches the worker instead of relying on memory and supervision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse visual management that makes the next step obvious and prevents avoidable mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImprove flow and pull so work finishes instead of piling up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReduce waste by fixing the system, not blaming people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustain improvement after the kickoff meeting ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify bottlenecks faster and focus effort where it increases throughput\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have read Lean books before but still struggle to make improvement stick, this book takes a different approach. It translates Lean, visual management, standard work, flow, pull, and Theory of Constraints into clear leadership action for the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese principles apply far beyond one type of factory because every operation runs through people, process, flow, and constraints. Whether you lead manufacturing, warehousing, office processes, or a mixed operation, the need is the same: make the work easier to see, easier to teach, and easier to improve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are tired of vague advice, stalled improvement, and operations that stay busy without getting better, this book gives you a clearer path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet Lean Manufacturing Made Obvious for Leaders and start building an operation that is easier to run, easier to improve, and more profitable to lead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Drummond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234065315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Drummond Consulting LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Todd Drummond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997613011199,"sku":"9798234065315","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lean-manufacturing-made-obvious-for-todd-drummond-9798234065315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}