Real Numbers: Management Accounting in a Lean Organization

This is known as Lean Business Management or The Lean Office. accounting, HR, IT, etc.) with lean operations. Jean has a BS in Accounting from Indiana University and an MBA from Northeastern University's Executive Program.Orest J. Orry teaches a two day executive course, "Lean Management Accounting," for TBM Institute and various schools. Today, she runs a lean

Powers, President, CEO Hubbell, Inc.. -- T. Managers in every firm attempting a lean transformation need to read this book and make their numbers real. Jennings, best selling author of: "Less is More" and "It's Not The Big That Eat The Small -- It's The Fast That Eat The Slow."This is the guidebook to a revolution in administration and financial control. -- J. --Jim Womack, author of Lean Thinking and The Machine That Changed The WorldThis book will change and improve your business forever

"Managing Financial in Lean Environment - A good book to change the culture of the accountant leaders and financial folks" according to Amazon Customer. One of the most challenges that face any lean leader is that most organizations are led by short-term thinking and tend to evaluate things in terms of ROI and using some financial metrics. Those metrics are actually not efficient. The result is that indirect improvements to quality, reliability, breakdowns and setups may not get the attention and the resources they need because everything is being counted in terms of immediate ROI. The book does change this. And chapter "Managing Financial in Lean Environment - A good book to change the culture of the accountant leaders and financial folks One of the most challenges that face any lean leader is that most organizations are led by short-term thinking and tend to evaluate things in terms of ROI and using some financial metrics. Those metrics are actually not efficient. The result is that indirect improvements to quality, reliability, breakdowns and setups may not get the attention and the resources they need because everything is being counted in terms of immediate ROI. The book does change this. And chapter "3" is very useful and it presents the evaluation parameters that. " is very useful and it presents the evaluation parameters that. Good Read "Interesting" Advice The book has some nice ideas and will get you thinking outside the box. However, some of the advice, in my opinion cannot all be taken seriously in a publicly traded company lest you want to battle internal and external audit. I found myself in steadfast agreement with some of the ideas presented that I never thought of. I also found myself just as equally staunchly disagreeing with some of the ideas presented in a twelve year old book about a discipline that has been altered and made over in the past several years due to several fina. "Good book" according to JAS. Nice book Was actually expecting some real numbers in the book . But its worth reading after you have some knowledge of financial reporting .Good book

The anecdotal presentation from their personal experiences vividly illustrates the "Whys" and "Hows" of lean accounting. The authors, each a former chief financial executive, describe how management accounting evolved to this point and how simplicity and clarity can be restored -- particularly in a lean organization. Are your accounting data and reports providing a true and timely picture of your company's performance? Are your lean operations personnel complaining that the numbers "lie"?This explosive issue and its implications are fully explored in "Real Numbers." Traditional "accountingese" is not used, and it is written for all professionals desiring an understanding of the application of lean accounting and the results that can be achieved from its use. The management accounting model illustrated in "Real Numbers" points the way to unlocking the true profit potential of lean.Real Numbers is required reading for SME Lean Silver Certification. It was the first lean accounting book and remains the ideal starting point for investigating this methodology.