Operational Excellence Essentials You Always Wanted to Know (Hardcover)

Mike Hammann

ISBN 10: 1636516610 / ISBN 13: 9781636516615

Published by Vibrant Publishers, 2026

About this Item

Hardcover. Holistic view of Operational Excellence and LeanPractical guidance on Continuous Improvement, PDCA, and creating standards and SOPsStrong focus on culture, leadership, and employee motivationIntegration of quality, KPIs, and tools and strategiesOperational Excellence Essentials You Always Wanted to Know offers a structured, real-world guide to designing processes, empowering people, and aligning day-to-day operations with your organization's strategic vision.Drawing from over two decades of hands-on experience, author Mike Hammann presents Operational Excellence (OpEx) as an integrated system that links customer value, culture, leadership, processes, and change management . Readers gain a clear understanding of Lean Management, continuous improvement, PDCA, Kaizen, and standardization, and how these elements combine to create a robust improvement engine.The book explores cultural transformation, change management, and top-management commitment, showing how to build an environment where employees are trained, engaged, and encouraged to identify and solve problems. Dedicated chapters on quality management, the "magic triangle" of quality-time-cost, and the role of accounting and controlling help leaders connect operational improvements with financial impact.Hammann also addresses visual management, KPIs, and the integration of technology and innovation into OpEx. Case studies, fun facts, pro tips, and a practical toolbox of methods make this book an ideal reference for entrepreneurs, operations and OpEx leaders, Lean managers, and students preparing for senior management roles.After reading this book, readers will be able to design and sustain a culture of continuous improvement in any type of organization. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Operational Excellence Essentials You Always Wanted to Know (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Vibrant Publishers
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636516610
• ISBN 13: 9781636516615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Featuring Lean Management, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Culture, and Process Optimization. From disorder to flow: Make your operations run better, faster, and smarter.

Build a culture of operational excellence in your organization.

Are your organizational processes filled with bottlenecks, reworks, and slow approvals?  

Operational Excellence Essentials You Always Wanted to Know explains how to achieve excellence and embed it into day-to-day operations, across production as well as administrative teams.

This book explains OpEx as an enterprise-wide system that aligns vision, customer value, leadership, culture, and processes so improvements compound over time. When OpEx becomes part of your culture, people at every level learn to identify waste, improve quality, and make work easier to execute.

The book:

• Explains the foundational tools to build an Operational Excellence culture that improves efficiency, effectiveness, and value creation.
• Shows how to set objectives, create strategies, prioritize opportunities, implement plans, and sustain results.
• Explains PDCA, Kaizen, standards, SOPs, visual management, and KPIs with real examples.
• Includes practical guidance on leadership, employee empowerment, and quality management.

If you want a practical framework to reduce waste, improve consistency, and create a workplace where improvement is the norm, this book gives you a clear roadmap and a toolbox you can apply immediately.

Start building an organization that runs smarter, improves continuously, and delivers measurable outcomes.

About the Authors

Mike Hammann has 20+ years of Operational Excellence experience, leading 100+ improvement projects in process optimization, helping organizations build real, measurable impact

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