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Instead of constantly reinventing business models, lean thinkers go back to basics by asking what the customer really perceives as value. The next step is to line up value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream while eliminating activities (usually the majority) that don't add value. Then the lean thinker creates a flow condition in which the design and the product advance smoothly and rapidly at the pull of the customer (rather than the push of the producer). Finally, as flow and pull are implemented, the lean thinker speeds up the cycle of improvement in pursuit of perfection. The first part of this book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples.
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Even those readers who believe they have embraced lean thinking will discover in Part III that another dramatic leap is possible by creating an extended lean enterprise for each of their product families that tightly links value-creating activities from raw materials to customer.
In Part IV, an epilogue to the original edition, the story of lean thinking is brought up-to-date with an enhanced action plan based on the experiences of a range of lean firms since the original publication of the book.
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- By Steve C Stutz on 08-06-15
By: Paul A. Akers
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The Toyota Way
- 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
- By: Jeffrey K. Liker
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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In factories around the world, Toyota consistently makes the highest-quality cars with the fewest defects of any competing manufacturer, while using fewer man-hours, less on-hand inventory, and half the floor space of its competitors. The Toyota Way is the first book for a general audience that explains the management principles and business philosophy behind Toyota's worldwide reputation for quality and reliability.
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outstanding read. felt like a seasoned mentor
- By Daniel Smith on 08-29-22
By: Jeffrey K. Liker
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Lean Production Simplified
- A Plain-Language Guide to the World's Most Powerful Production System
- By: David Lodge
- Narrated by: Russell Bentley
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Written for the practitioner by a practitioner, it delivers a comprehensive insider's view of Lean management. The author helps listeners grasp the system as a whole, as well as the factors that animate it, by organizing the book around an image of a house of Lean production.
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The building of reinforcement of Kaizen importance.
- By Shedrick Robinson on 12-19-23
By: David Lodge
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Agile Project Management: The Complete Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide to Agile Project Management & Software Development
- Lean Guides for Scrum, Kanban, Sprint, DSDM XP & Crystal, Book 1
- By: Jeffrey Ries
- Narrated by: Sam Slydell
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Learn how to master Agile software development practices. This book teaches you how you can adopt Agile development practices into your organization the right way.
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Good Intro to Agile Concepts and Processes
- By Keith Campbell on 01-11-19
By: Jeffrey Ries
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Toyota Talent
- Developing Your People the Toyota Way
- By: Jeffrey K. Liker, David Meier
- Narrated by: Dave Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Toyota doesn't just produce cars; it produces talented people. Jeffrey Liker, with coauthor David Meier, reveal how you can develop talented people and achieve incredible results in your company. Toyota Talent walks you through the rigorous methodology used by this global powerhouse to grow high-performing individuals from within.
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Excellent for Leaders and Trainers
- By Crystal Bechler on 10-05-23
By: Jeffrey K. Liker, and others
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Gemba Walks, Expanded 2nd Edition
- By: Jim Womack
- Narrated by: Jim Womack
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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In 12 new essays ranging from the provocative to the practical, and written specially for the second edition of Gemba Walks, author and management expert Jim Womack reflects on the past 30 years of lean and assesses the current state of lean today.
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A great story, a great teacher, a great human been
- By KFV on 07-28-16
By: Jim Womack
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The Toyota Way to Service Excellence
- Lean Transformation in Service Organizations
- By: Jeffrey K. Liker, Karyn Ross
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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A must-listen for service professionals of every level, this essential book takes the proven Lean principles of the best-selling Toyota Way series and applies them directly to the industries where quality of service is crucial for success. Jeff Liker and Karyn Ross show you how to develop Lean practices throughout your organization using the famous 4P model. Whether you are an executive, manager, consultant, or frontline worker who deals with customers every day, you'll learn how take advantage of all Lean has to offer.
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Terrible Narration
- By Jase M. Rex on 12-20-22
By: Jeffrey K. Liker, and others
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On the Plant Floor: A Practical Guide to Daily Leadership in the Manufacturing Factory
- By: Bryan D. Geary, Carlton F. Sorrell
- Narrated by: Andrew Scott
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Boots on the ground manufacturing professionals with over 50 collective years of experience on the plant floor. The book provides a practical guide to daily leadership in the manufacturing environment. The work is educational, inspiring, and entertaining to all markets interested in management and leadership improvements.
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Written for a male
- By Lucy Goosy on 03-27-20
By: Bryan D. Geary, and others
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The Lean Turnaround
- How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company
- By: Art Byrne, James P. Womack
- Narrated by: Todd Belcher
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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Few business leaders in the world have applied Lean strategy as successfully as Art Byrne has - and none has the ability to explain how to do it with such succinctness and clarity. Byrne has successfully implemented Lean strategies in more than 30 companies in 14 different countries. In The Lean Turnaround, this legendary business leader shares everything he has learned during his remarkable career and shows how anyone can achieve similar results.
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Continuous improvement is timeless
- By James Reese on 10-17-23
By: Art Byrne, and others
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The Remedy
- Bringing Lean Thinking Out of the Factory to Transform the Entire Organization
- By: Pascal Dennis
- Narrated by: Kent Cassella
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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The Remedy is a compelling a business fable that shows how Lean quality improvement business practices - traditionally associated with manufacturing - can dramatically improve the service areas of your business - including design, engineering, sales, marketing and all processes in between. Written by Pascal Dennis, a leading Lean consultant, the story follows Tom Pappas and Rachel Armstrong, senior leaders at a desperate automotive company as they try to implement a Lean management system across an entire platform, the Chloe, a breakthrough "green" car.
By: Pascal Dennis
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- Keith
- 10-29-12
Good Lesson, Hard to connect to service business
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Applicability to a small service oriented business is difficult, but like any good education--sometimes you have to think out of the box. Worthwhile read/listen.
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- noah
- 07-05-18
like the author, but not this book.
Struggled to finish this book, his other books are better. There's some good concepts in here. Not as focused as it could have been.
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- Erik
- 02-19-07
Excellent Summary of Lean
All what lean is about in a nutshell. Being an experience operations person, I think you can always use a good refresher of all lean concepts.
Highly recommend this book both to experienced and beginners in the lean field.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-01-16
A good 2nd book you read for lean, tons of info.
This book is very rich in TPS concepts. A total beginner in Lean Management may start with The Remedy by Dennis Pascal or 2 second Lean and then this book. Great book, it's contents can make and save business owners money, as well as make customers happy.
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- Mikhail Henning
- 10-04-22
Absolute addition to any rain practitioners personal library
As a Lean 6-Signa Master Black Belt and practitioner for over 14 years I find Womack‘s teachings and hands-on explanation of Lean principles and examples second to none. Whether you are new to the Lean community or a seasoned veteran this books would be a timeless addition to your library and tool belt.
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- Turnthepage
- 01-12-20
An eye opening must-read for Lean enthusiasts
Following on from their first book the authors bring home the ideas of Lean by exploring real world businesses and case studies. This provides a framework for the lean leader to move forward and begin to change their business.
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- G
- 11-05-10
An OK book.
I think it was a mistake to have the author read his book. He has the inflexion of a seasoned businessman who is talking to you at a bar. He is believable but still not a professional voice reader. The content itself is interesting but I think it changes focus and style enough to be distracting. It may go from explaining Japanese-inspired business principles to extremely detailed descriptions of the smelting of bauxite. It made me wonder if the book was aimed to general readership or only to executives that own manufacturing plants. But some interesting information can be extracted.
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- Mic
- 12-23-18
A must for any business.
Just as relevant today as it was 20 years ago. For context, it may be helpful to read The Machine That Changed the World first.
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- LambeauLeap04
- 10-15-16
Lean Thinking
An absolute classic and must have for any business book shelf (or digital library). Highly recommended
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- Carlos Elias Marin Trejos
- 06-25-19
Great but it can have better audio
The book itself is great, it gives you the lean process and tools you need and also huge examples to put it in practice, however the audio voice is boring, it felt like the author didn't care at all about the whole thing. Other than that it is great.
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