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

Name: 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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ISBN: 9780743299794

ISBN-10: 0743299795

ISBN-13: 9780743299794

Edition: 2007

Authors: James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos

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WhenThe Machine That Changed the Worldwas first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Today Toyota is passing GM as the world's largest auto maker and is the most consistently successful global enterprise of the past fifty years. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyota's lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success. Now reissued with a new Foreword and Afterword,Machinecontrasts two fundamentally different business systems -- lean versus mass, two very different ways of thinking about how humans work together to create value. Based on the largest and most thorough study ever undertaken of any industry -- MIT's five-year,…

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List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 3/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword 2007


Why Toyota Won: A Tale of Two Business Systems Before You Begin This Book



The Industry of Industries in Transition


The Origins of Lean Production



The Rise and Fall of Mass Production



The Rise of Lean Production


The Elements of Lean Production



Running the Factory



Designing the Car



Coordinating the Supply Chain



Dealing With Customers



Managing the Lean Enterprise Diffusing Lean Production



Confusion About Diffusion



Completing The Transition


Epilogue


Afterword 2007


What We Have Learned About Lean Production Since 1990


Notes


Appendixes



International Motor Vehicle Program Sponsoring Organizations



International Motor Vehicle Program Research Affiliate Team



Imvp Program and Forum Participants


Acknowledgments


Index