The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production– Toyota’s Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry
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The classic, nationally bestselling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors.
When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years later Toyota passed GM as the world’s largest auto maker. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyota’s lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success.
Authors Womack, Jones, and Roos provided a comprehensive description of the entire lean system. They exhaustively documented its advantages over the mass production model pioneered by General Motors and predicted that lean production would eventually triumph. Indeed, they argued that it would triumph not just in manufacturing but in every value-creating activity from health care to retail to distribution.
Today The Machine That Changed the World provides enduring and essential guidance to managers and leaders in every industry seeking to transform traditional enterprises into exemplars of lean success.
Publisher : Free Press; Reprint edition (March 13, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0743299795
ISBN-13 : 978-0743299794
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 8.44 inches
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Customers find this book to be a great read that provides helpful insights into lean production, with one customer noting its detailed description of the principles. Moreover, the book offers a fascinating history of Toyota, and one review highlights its thorough analysis of lean and mass production concepts. Additionally, customers appreciate its relevance to modern manufacturing operations and consider it good value for money.
