Lean
Subject Specialist
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| Lenore Comrie | |
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| Broadmeadows Campus Librarian | |
| Email: | lcomrie@kangan.edu.au |
Highly Recommended Reference Resources
- Liker, Jeffrey - The Toyota Way : 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer - 658.5 LIK
- Nash, Mark A. - Mapping the Total Value Stream : a Comprehensive Guide for Production and Transactional Processes - 658.5 NAS
- Lareau, William - Office Kaizen : Transforming Office Operations into a Strategic Competitive Advantage - 658.406 LAR
- Hamel, Mark - Kaizen Event Fieldbook : Foundation, Framework and Standard Work for Effective Events
- Louis, Raymond S. - Custom Kanban : Designing the System to Meet the Needs of Your Environment - 658.5 LOU
Websites
- Lean Experience - What is lean?
- Toyota Production System
- Kaizen
- 5S
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. lean, kaizen, value added, industrial efficiency, just-in-time systems, waste minimisation) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
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| Lean for Dummies | 658.5 SAY |
| Story of a Lean Journey | 658.401 LEW |
| Lean Thinking | 658.4013 WOM |
| Kaizen Event Implementation Manual | 658.5 MIK |
| The Kaizen Revolution | 658.562 REG |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
These two databases give you online access to thousands of journals with many in your field of interest. Search an entire database using keywords or search journals individually.
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Useful search terms include: lean manufacturing, six sigma and kaizen.
Titles include: Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, Manufacturing Today
Infotrac: General OneFile
Titles include: lean manufacturing, kaizen, 5S, six sigma, value-stream map and total quality management
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)
Dictionaries
Oxford Reference Online offers links to a variety of subject-specific resources
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
DVD/Videos
- Value Stream Mapping - DVD 658.401 VAL
- What Lean Means - DVD 658.401 WHA
- Incorporating Lean - DVD 658.401 INC
