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Lean thinking, banish waste and create wealth in your corporation, James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

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Lean thinking, banish waste and create wealth in your corporation, James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-378) and index

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lean thinking

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51031471

Responsibility statement

James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones

Sub title

banish waste and create wealth in your corporation

Summary

Offers insight into how to implement an efficiency system and cost-cutting strategies that are based on what customers really want, outlining a process of creating value, explaining how to identify and remove unnecessary steps, and making suggestions on how to reduce lead time

Table Of Contents

Preface: from lean producation to lean enterprise -- Preface to the 2003 edition -- pt. 1. Lean principles -- Introduction: lean thinking versus muda -- Value -- The value stream -- Flow -- Pull -- Perfection -- pt. 2. From thinking to action: the lean leap -- The simple case -- A harder case -- The acid test -- Lean thinking versus German technik -- Mighty Toyota; tiny showa -- An action plan -- pt. 3. Lean enterprise -- A channel for the stream; a valley for the channel -- Dreaming about perfection -- pt. 4. Epilogue -- The steady advance of lean thinking -- Institutionalizing the revolution -- Afterword: the lean network -- Appendix: individuals and organizations who helped -- Glossary -- Notes. -- Index

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