At The Danaher Corporation, George Koenigsaecker led the lean transformations of both the automotive and tool groups. He also led The Hon Company"s successful lean conversion, which doubled productivity and tripled revenues, leading Industry Week to recognize HON on their list of the "World"s 100 Best Managed Firms." Written to help executives in determining right from wrong during a lean initiative, "Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation" shows that lean is more about an approach than it is about tools. It presents the successful strategies and case histories of several key American leaders who have been instrumental in bringing lean to the forefront of various industries. Organized in the chronological sequence that a leader embarking on a lean journey would experience, this lively work: Describes the simple, yet powerful, True North metrics used by Toyota and describes how they drive every line item in the good direction Explains the use of value stream...