Synopsis
The Lean Desktop and Networking Pocket Guide XL is designed to be a convenient, quick reference book providing valuable insight into how Lean can be applied to data as it is pulled, analyzed, formatted, and sent through various Desktop and networking applications. The Lean Desktop and Networking Pocket Guide XL details the application of Lean (i.e., the tools and concepts derived from the Toyota Production System), that when leveraged with Microsoft Office and Open Source applications, can assist to better manage data on a daily basis while improving office productivity. Desktop Lean will create a new generation of power users and enhance a typical office worker s ability to work individually, as well as collaborate in work group type situations. This new power user is a person that readily learns new applications while integrating Lean tools and concepts to eliminate all process waste. The following are the applications that will be referenced throughout this pocket guide: Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, and Visio) Microsoft Internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox Google Docs CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Open Source applications (Open Source refers to software that is distributed freely, along with the source code) such as vTiger, Zimbra, Survey Monkey, etc. Learn through case study examples on how the Lean concepts of 5S (Windows Explorer), takt time (Excel), continuous flow (vTiger), leveling (Excel), value stream mapping (Excel and Visio), work load balancing (Excel), etc. can be used within the context of the Desktop and networking environment. The Lean Desktop and Networking Pocket Guide XL takes Lean into the 21st century! Note: The Lean Desktop and Networking Pocket Guide XL has a wide range of application case study examples, from writing simple formulas, to creating hyperlinks, to compiling programs in MS Access. Keep in mind the intent of this book is to not teach the various applications, but demonstrate how Lean can be leverage within applications for the typical worker today.
About the Author
Vlado Baban is the Director of Axcel Consulting, a Lean Office consultancy firm based in Australia that assists organizations to streamline high-volume information and technology processes. Vlado has a degree in engineering and a masters in business, specializing in deploying Information Technology solutions. Vlado has worked with Fortune 500 companies in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the USA and Europe, deploying innovative solutions in complex office environments. Vlado graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), in Melbourne, Australia with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Business from the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE), at Swinburne University of Technology. Matt Smith is currently Director of Operations for Innovative Computers in Belleville, Michigan. Matt has extensive experience in VB.NET, C++, ASP, PHP, XHTML, MSSQL, MySQL, Java, Javascript, Perl, Ubuntu Linux, RedHat Enterprise Linux, and Microsoft Windows 95 through Windows 7. Doug Fertuck is Principal of Fertuck Enterprise Directions, LLC, a consultancy that services small to large corporations developing and implementing major changes in strategic and operational directions. Bob Angeli holds a BS and MS degree in engineering from the University of Illinois and is a Licensed Professional Engineer. Bob s career spans work assignments with General Motors, Prince Machine, and Genzink Steel.
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