It is estimated that U‎.‎S‎.‎ manufacturers are currently operating at only 65 percent effectiveness in implementing Lean production‎.‎ Covering the fundamentals needed to be competitive in today‎'‎s marketplace‎,‎ Beyond Lean Production‎:‎ Emphasizing Speed and Innovation to Beat the Competition provides readers with the tools to help their organizations achieve 100 percent effectiveness in Lean production‎.‎ Explaining that overseas factories can‎'‎t compete with U‎.‎S‎.‎ factories in speed of delivery to domestic customers‎,‎ the book provides the understanding required to add speed and urgency in all that you do in the office and the factory‎.‎ It explains how to eliminate waste so you can meet and even exceed your customers‎'‎ expectations regarding service‎,‎ quality‎,‎ and cost‎.‎ The book is organized into two phases‎.‎ The first phase‎,‎ Holding Actions‎,‎ covers the fundamentals needed to hold your position against the competition until you can implement the methods described in phase II of the book‎.‎ It presents 12 little‎-known tools and strategic weapons that you can immediately put to use to improve on your current competitive position‎.‎ Phase II‎,‎ The Business Command Center‎,‎ presents unique and powerful concepts that can be used with the fundamentals covered in phase I‎.‎ Explaining how to use speed as a competitive weapon‎,‎ the book will help you to remove the obstacles that interfere with continuous flow manufacturing‎.‎ It presents the concept of circulatory management that can put a stop to the ever‎-increasing layers of management with decreasing ownership‎.‎ By implementing the holding action and the business command center described in this book‎,‎ you can significantly improve your odds of beating the competition at home and overseas‎.‎