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Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated
by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, James Womack, Daniel Jones
from Free Press

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Lean Thinking
  Excellent reading for an explanation of Lean from its history through a vision of what is to become with several well known companies as examples in implementation.
  I hear the myth about Lean vs. union shops a lot, this book should dispel the rumor that Lean = job loss.
  

• Lean principles & theory... this is not a guide or handbook
  This book is a very good introduction to "lean manufacturing". I would say it is aimed at managers or other interested people in implementing lean manufacturing in their organizations. It is a perfect book to gain adepts for the lean cause, so if you are finding resistance in your organization to implement it, you could give out some copies of this book.
  This book is more a general reading book (basics & benefits, resistance you might encounter, etc.) than a deep study or detailed guide. If you... more info

• Becoming Lean and Mean!
  The only way to be competitive in the world marketplace is to be much more efficient. In other words "lean and mean." Efficient at engineering, efficient at manufacturing and efficient at meeting/exceeding customer expectations are all keys to becoming more competitive.
  This book and their Machine that Changed the World are good resources for manufacturing facilities more lean. And...lean thinking leads to more lean thinking.
  Using the Toyota system as a guide, Womack and Jones address how... more info

• A classic, must read
  I was fortunate enough to participate in the Pratt & Whitney lean transformation described in Lean Thinking.
  While it is not a "how to" book, it does a good job of describing the lean initiatives undertaken.
  This book is a classic "lean must read."

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