STEVE BELL is President and cofounder of Steady Improvement, Inc., a management consulting firm dedicated to improving business effectiveness through the alignment of people, processes, and information technology. He is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by the Association for Operations Management (APICS).

"This is a great book...if you are in need of a comprehensive source that ties together lean, six sigma, strategy management, and IT, this is the book for you." (APICS Magazine, July/August 2006) "A substantial amount of detailed information about business and manufacturing processes is presented, and this book would well serve the technology professional…" (CHOICE, April 2006)

• Foreword (C. Ptak). Preface: The Goal of this Book.PART I: BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE LEAN ENTERPRISE.1. Lean and IT: The Human Factor.2. Realizing the Value of Lean.3. Three Stages of Lean Evloution.4. Fundamentals of Production and Inventory Management.5. Lean Planning and Execution.PART II: BUILDING BLOCKS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS.6. Charting the Enterprise Software Universe.7. Integrating the Value Streams.8. Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage.PART III: MANAGING CHANGE WITH IT.9. The Event-Driven Lean Enterprise.10. Linking Strategy with Action: Performance Management.11. Lean IT: Applying Continuous Improvement to Information Systems.Postscript: Zen and the Art of Lean Manufacturing.Acknowledgements.Acronyms.Endnotes.Index.

STEVE BELL is President and cofounder of Steady Improvement, Inc., a management consulting firm dedicated to improving business effectiveness through the alignment of people, processes, and information technology. He is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by the Association for Operations Management (APICS).

"This is a great book...if you are in need of a comprehensive source that ties together lean, six sigma, strategy management, and IT, this is the book for you." (APICS Magazine, July/August 2006) "A substantial amount of detailed information about business and manufacturing processes is presented, and this book would well serve the technology professional…" (CHOICE, April 2006)

• Foreword (C. Ptak). Preface: The Goal of this Book.PART I: BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE LEAN ENTERPRISE.1. Lean and IT: The Human Factor.2. Realizing the Value of Lean.3. Three Stages of Lean Evloution.4. Fundamentals of Production and Inventory Management.5. Lean Planning and Execution.PART II: BUILDING BLOCKS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS.6. Charting the Enterprise Software Universe.7. Integrating the Value Streams.8. Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage.PART III: MANAGING CHANGE WITH IT.9. The Event-Driven Lean Enterprise.10. Linking Strategy with Action: Performance Management.11. Lean IT: Applying Continuous Improvement to Information Systems.Postscript: Zen and the Art of Lean Manufacturing.Acknowledgements.Acronyms.Endnotes.Index.

STEVE BELL is President and cofounder of Steady Improvement, Inc., a management consulting firm dedicated to improving business effectiveness through the alignment of people, processes, and information technology. He is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by the Association for Operations Management (APICS).

"This is a great book...if you are in need of a comprehensive source that ties together lean, six sigma, strategy management, and IT, this is the book for you." (APICS Magazine, July/August 2006) "A substantial amount of detailed information about business and manufacturing processes is presented, and this book would well serve the technology professional…" (CHOICE, April 2006)

• Foreword (C. Ptak). Preface: The Goal of this Book.PART I: BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE LEAN ENTERPRISE.1. Lean and IT: The Human Factor.2. Realizing the Value of Lean.3. Three Stages of Lean Evloution.4. Fundamentals of Production and Inventory Management.5. Lean Planning and Execution.PART II: BUILDING BLOCKS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS.6. Charting the Enterprise Software Universe.7. Integrating the Value Streams.8. Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage.PART III: MANAGING CHANGE WITH IT.9. The Event-Driven Lean Enterprise.10. Linking Strategy with Action: Performance Management.11. Lean IT: Applying Continuous Improvement to Information Systems.Postscript: Zen and the Art of Lean Manufacturing.Acknowledgements.Acronyms.Endnotes.Index.