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Lean Thinking

Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

By: James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones

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Paperback | 18 August 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Lean Thinking was launched in the fall of 1996, just in time for the recession of 1997. It told the story of how American, European, and Japanese firms applied a simple set of principles called 'lean thinking' to survive the recession of 1991 and grow steadily in sales and profits through 1996. Even though the recession of 1997 never happened, companies were starving for information on how to make themselves leaner and more efficient.

Now we are dealing with the recession of 2001 and the financial meltdown of 2002. So what happened to the exemplar firms profiled in Lean Thinking? In the new fully revised edition of this bestselling book those pioneering lean thinkers are brought up to date. Authors James Womack and Daniel Jones offer new guidelines for lean thinking firms and bring their groundbreaking practices to a brand new generation of companies that are looking to stay one step ahead of the competition.

About the Author

James P. Womack was the research director of the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is the founder and chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit institution for the dissemination and exploration of the Lean thinking with the aim of his further development of the Lean Enterprise.

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Contents
Preface to the 2003 Edition
Preface to the First Edition: From Lean Production to Lean Enterprise
Lean Principles
Introduction: Lean Thinking versus Muda
Value
The Value Stream
Flow
Pull
Perfection

The Simple Case
A Harder Case
The Acid Test
Lean Thinking versus German Technik
Mighty Toyota; Tiny Showa
An Action Plan
Lean Enterprise
A Channel for the Stream; a Valley for the Channel
Dreaming About Perfection
Epilogue
The Steady Advance of Lean Thinking
Institutionalizing the Revolution
Afterword: The Lean Network
Individuals and Organizations Who Helped
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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