Lean Thinking: Eliminate Waste, Create Wealth

Author: James P. Womack (USA)
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features:
· Refines the lean production method introduced in the book "The Machine That Changed the World" into the Lean Thinking concept, proposing specific methods for enterprises to continuously improve productivity and increase sales without increasing capital investment and maintaining stable employment;
· The five steps required to transform mass production into lean production;
· Redefining value based on customer needs;
· Reorganizing all production activities according to the value stream;
· Making the value flow;
· Letting customer needs pull the value stream;
· Continuously improving to achieve perfection.