Book Review

Best Lean Manufacturing Books to Learn and Apply Lean Principles 0
- Book Review
- May 23, 2016
There is no shortage of books on Lean manufacturing principles, but choosing the right ones can be challenging—especially for professionals just starting their Lean journey. Over the last several decades, Lean thinking has evolved from its roots in the automotive industry into a universal management philosophy used across manufacturing, services, healthcare, and offices. A well-written
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Book Review: The Lean CEO 0
- Book Review
- May 11, 2016
There has been a lot of literature on Lean implementations over its initial 25 years but now there is a book providing new insight. The Lean CEO: Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence by Jacob Stoller is the result of in-depth conversations with over 30 individuals who have been expanding the borders of Lean thinking
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Book Review: Lean Culture Change – Using a Daily Management System 0
- Book Review
- April 27, 2016
There are many books that explain the why, the what, the when and the where. These are all very important. However without the how – the needed execution to achieve – high performance will not take place. Lean Culture Change does an amazing job all tying all the tools together to deploy and practice a
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Book Review: The Dark Matter and Dark Energy of Lean Thinking 0
- Book Review
- April 25, 2016
Lean Thinking promises much, but delivers at best a thirty percent success rate. Author Bob Brown, a certified Lean Thinking leader, attacks this problem the same way astrophysicists understand the workings of the universe. Assuming there is a reason for the abysmal results of change management, especially with Lean Thinking initiatives, he postulated Lean Thinking
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Building a Fit Organization 0
- Book Review
- March 28, 2016
There have been countless literary volumes written about Lean (I know I have read a lot of them) but alas organizations still fail to be excellent. Too many business leaders see process improvement as a mere project, something separate from the more “pressing” goals of profits and growth. That is where they go wrong. And
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Book Review: Management Lessons From Taiichi Ohno 0
- Book Review
- September 9, 2015
It can be invaluable to learn from the creator of a system and the book “Management Lessons from Taiichi Ohno” does just that. Takehico Harada is the author of this comprehensive and informative guidebook into the Toyota Production System (TPS) and to the man who invented it, Taiichi Ohno. Mr. Harada shares firsthand knowledge of
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