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Books Transformation Pathway:



How Each Book Supports Lean-Agile Factory Transformation



Transformation Phase



Required Books



Expected Outcomes



Laying the Foundation for the Project



  • Project Resource Engine


Establishes the essential project structures, governance models, and cross-functional teams required to initiate and sustain a transformation program.



Leadership Mindset and Alignment



  • From Mediocrity to Excellence
  • Leading Operational Excellence
  • Lean Manufacturing Application – Critical Review
  • Lean-Agile Manufacturing Basics


Shift leadership mindset, build alignment, and enable a shared purpose and direction through a clear understanding of Lean-Agile manufacturing principles as the strategic response to changing market dynamics.



Strategize Change



  • Decoding Cost Drivers in Manufacturing
  • Tactical Alignment to Strategic Objectives


Define core transformation objectives, identify key tactical factors influencing both operational and strategic performance, and guide the engineering team in aligning the assessment plan to ensure targeted, data-driven interventions that directly support the transformation goals.



Change Management



  • Managing Resistance to Change
  • Initiating a Lean Campaign


Equips teams to anticipate and manage resistance, communicate the need for change, and launch transformation campaigns that drive factory-wide engagement.



Assessment and Bridging the Gaps



  • Product Family Segmentation
  • The Apparel Competitiveness Assessment
  • Gap Thinking Kaizen Planning


Enables systematic identification of high-impact improvement areas through product segmentation and competitiveness benchmarking.



Flow and Resource Optimization



  • Apparel Cutting Resource Optimization
  • Building Hybrid Sewing Manufacturing Cells
  • Bump Jump Team System
  • Standardization, Problem Detection and Resolution
  • 5S & Visual Controls
  • Unleashing the Power of Takt Time


Lean-Agile Systems Design – Optimize manufacturing resources by creating hybrid, seamless, and dynamic production flows stabilizing operations establishing visual workplaces enhancing efficiency, agility, and responsiveness and identifying the skills needed to adapt and empower the line workforce.


Design Disruption-Free Strategies



  • The Management Support System Playbook
  • SMEP Quick Changeover


Helps design standardized management routines and support systems (for supply, value engineering, and changeover) to ensure disruption-free for line workers, and maximize operational optimization.



Piloting Kaizen Events (Changes)



  • Leading Kaizen Events Successfully


Formulate and empower Kaizen teams to lead structured improvement initiatives using the PDCA cycle and A3 Lean Thinking format. Each Kaizen event should be developed and implemented through a pilot trial, delivering measurable results and validated outcomes to senior management before scaling across the entire factory.



Adapt Line Workforce



  • Building the Agile Line Workforce


A modern approach to equip production supervisors and frontline teams with the skills, agility, and ownership needed for change—integrating simulated activities that prepare them to adapt to evolved systems and practices before initiating full-scale transformation. These teams will act as the primary drivers in realizing change and achieving the core transformation objectives.



Rollout Factory-Wide



  • Smart Technology Integration
  • Rolling Out Change Across the Entire Factory


This phase guides the full-scale rollout of Lean-Agile practices across the factory. It helps manufacturers identify and apply the right smart technologies focused on key productivity drivers to boost agility, efficiency, and real-time decision-making. With clear guidance on project management, budgeting, leadership, and standardization, it ensures teams are aligned, resistance is managed, and operational and financial control is maintained during the transformation.



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