Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

摘要: If The Machine That Changed the World is a description of Toyota system in industry its origin, Lean Thinking generalization basic concepts so they can be applied to any company industry. authors begin by summarizing five inherent principles lean system: 1 correctly specify value you are providing what customer actually wants, 2 identify stream for each product family and remove wasted steps that don't create but do muda (waste), 3 make remaining value-creating flow continuously drastically shorten throughput times, 4 allow pull from your rapid-response streams as needed (rather than pushing products toward on basis forecasts), 5 never relax until reach perfection, which delivery pure instantaneously with zero muda. (The first part devotes chapter these principles.) In second part, describe detail how managers wide range companies industries - small, medium large, North American, European Japanese transformed their business applying thinking. Chapters devoted Pratt Whitney, Wiremold, Lantech America, Porsche Germany, Showa Manufacturing Japan. has sold more 300,000 copies English language hard-cover version alone, because it's an indispensable companion every manager making journey.