banish waste and create wealth in your corporation /
First Statement of Responsibility
James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st Free Press ed., rev. and updated.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Free Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
396 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-375) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.