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The classic, nationally best-selling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors.
When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years later Toyota passed GM as the world’s largest auto maker. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyota’s lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success.
Authors Womack, Jones, and Roos provided a comprehensive description of the entire lean system. They exhaustively documented its advantages over the mass production model pioneered by General Motors and predicted that lean production would eventually triumph. Indeed, they argued that it would triumph not just in manufacturing but in every value-creating activity from health care to retail to distribution.
Today The Machine That Changed the World provides enduring and essential guidance to managers and leaders in every industry seeking to transform traditional enterprises into exemplars of lean success.
©2007 Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos, James P. Womack (P)2018 Simon & Schuster AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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The book aims to demystify Lean methodologies and provide you with clear, actionable steps to foster a lean culture within your organization. I believe that by simplifying these concepts, Lean Made Simple can open minds to the transformative possibilities of Lean. I look forward to opening your eyes to the potential of Lean and how it can revolutionize the way we work.
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Everything is a process...even becoming a lean thinker.
- By Will Wilson on 04-28-25
By: Ryan Tierney
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Outsmart Your Brain
- Why Learning Is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
- By: Daniel T. Willingham Ph.D
- Narrated by: André Santana
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to study more efficiently and effectively, shrug away exam stress, and most of all, enjoy learning.
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Good content but no chapter breakdown
- By Christine Baduria Misbaer on 01-25-23
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Upstream
- The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
- By: Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Dan Heath
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath examines how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from his innovative behavior research, as well as hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem solvers. Most of us spend our days handling a deluge of pressing issues. We’re so accustomed to managing emergencies as they strike that we often don’t stop to think about how we could prevent crises before they happen. Why stop at treating the symptoms when you could develop a cure?
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Mixed review
- By Aaron on 12-09-20
By: Dan Heath
Great book on lean
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Good overview of Lean and TPS, but outdated
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bien aimé
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It doesn't talk about any in depth technical information about lean production.
Good book of history of Lean
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Learn Lean manufacturer
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great history of lean and manufacturing
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Essential reading for any business person
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Excellent
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Classic on lean manufacturing.
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The fundamentals of Lean
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