Publications

Lean for the Long Term

By Bill Baker & Ken Rolfes April 2015

This latest book explains how to move beyond the tools approach and begin to connect the dots with their company’s business model and translate the benefits of a lean initiative into financial metrics. Specifically, to see lean as an organizational strategy for driving growth, profitability and capability to continually transform the business to benefit from the continually changing market place.

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Stop Complicating The Product Development Process

Target Online Original Story • November 8, 2016
By Ken Rolfes, AME Author, KDR Associates,  (Transcript from “Lean Talks” at the AME Conference in Dallas October 28, 2016)

http://www.ame.myindustrytracker.com/en/article/71867?utm_source=SparkPost-ame&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ame-744-s-en-101116

Lean Building Blocks: What is a lean management system, and what are the elements?

Target Magazine:  Vol 30, No 4, Winter Issue 2014 •Tuesday, January 6, 2015
By: Ken Rolfes

Describes a lean management system as one that maintains a consistent focus on creating customer value as well as on the processes the company uses to create and deliver that value.