Gerhard J. Plenert

Lean Management Principles for Information Technology (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explaining how to introduce Lean principles to IT functions, this book provides the tools and understanding to make better decisions, increase efficiencies, and make IT a major force in delivering sustainable improvements to the supply chain. It introduces powerful Lean tools and techniques and supplies a methodology for implementing them to reduce waste in the IT environment. Discussing information production processes, IT systems, and change management through the lens of Lean principles, the book provides step-by-step guidance for implementing Lean principles in an IT supply chain management system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000755770
• Artikelnr.: 57777875

Autorenporträt

Dr. Gerhard Plenert has 25+ years of professional experience in IT quality and productivity consulting and in working on manufacturing planning and scheduling methods. He has 13 years of academic experience and has over 150 published articles and nine books:

EManager: Value Chain Management in an eCommerce World2001 Finite Capacity Scheduling (an APICS / Oliver White Series Book) 2000 International Management and Production: Survival Techniques for Corporate America International Operations Management (an MBA textbook) 2004 Making Innovation Happen: Concept Management through Integration Operations Management (A United Nations Training Manual for Developing Country factories) 2005 The Plant Operations Deskbook (an APICS series book) Reinventing Lean; Introducing Lean Management into the Supply Chain2007 World Class Manager

Dr. Plenert has extensive industry experience, including:

Private sector

• Kraft Foods, Smart and Final, Davis Lay, Ritz-Carlton, Hewlett-Packard, Seagate, Motorola, PPI, Clark Equipment, NCR Corporation, and AT&T
• Consulting companies Infosys, Mainstream, AMS, IBM, SCI, SAS
• Corporate "guru" on supply chain management for AMS and Infosys

Government sector

• California DCSS, DHS
• Federal DSS, US Air Force, Air Guard
• International United Nations
• Texas OAG
• New York City of New York warehousing system

Dr. Plenert has extensive academic experience:

• Ph.D. in mineral economics at the Colorado School of Mines, which is their operations and business management degree (under Gene Woolsey)
• Eleven years as a full-time faculty member (BYU and CSUC)
• Currently teaching SCM at the University of San Diego
• Teaching operations, manufacturing, and su

Inhaltsangabe

WHY A BOOK ON LEAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? Why Look at IT? What Is the
Problem? IT Background. Are We Doing the Right Things? The Art of Managing
Change. BRINGING LEAN INTO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? How Can Lean Help IT?
What is Lean? Are We Working on the Correct Problem? Or Are We Creating
More Problems? The Lean IT Event. Meaningful Metrics. LEAN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ON INTO THE FUTURE. IT Maturity.