{"product_id":"sgned-lean-thinking-by-james-p-womack-1996-hcdj-very-good-rare","title":"SGNED!! Lean Thinking by James P. Womack (1996) HCDJ VERY GOOD RARE","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare SIGNED Hardcover with DJ in Very Good condition. See pics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn their landmark book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Machine That Changed the World,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e James Womack and Daniel Jones, two of the top industrial analysts in the world, explained how companies can dramatically improve their performance through the \"lean production\" approach pioneered by Toyota. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLean Thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e extends these ideas to provide a rallying cry for today's corporate leaders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a decade of downsizing and reengineering, most companies in North America, Europe, and Japan are still stuck, searching for a formula for sustainable growth and success. The problem, as Womack and Jones explain in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLean Thinking,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is that managers have lost sight of value for the customer and how to create it. By focusing on their existing organizations and outdated definitions of value, managers create waste, and the economies of the advanced countries continue to stagnate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat's needed instead is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003elean thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to help managers clearly specify \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003evalue,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to line up all the value-creating activities for a specific product along a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003evalue stream,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and to make value \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eflow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e smoothly at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003epull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of the customer in pursuit of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eperfection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The first part of the book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLean Thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e clearly demonstrates, these simple ideas can breathe new life into any company in any industry, routinely doubling both productivity and sales while stabilizing employment. But most managers will need guidance on how to make the lean leap in their firm. Part II provides a step-by-step action plan, based on in-depth studies of fifty lean companies in a wide range of industries across the world -- including Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney, Porsche, and Toyota.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven those readers who believe they have embraced lean thinking will discover in Part III that another dramatic leap is possible by creating a lean enterprise for each of their product families that tightly links all value-creating activities from concept to product launch, from order to delivery, and from raw materials into the arms of the consumer. This new concept takes the best features from the American, German, and Japanese industrial traditions and recombines them in a way that can be applied to every economic activity, from long-distance travel to construction to health care.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLean Thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does not provide a new management \"program\" for the one-minute manager. Instead, it offers a new way of thinking, being, and doing for the serious manager -- one that will change the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48914339070179,"sku":"EXL002557","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/PXL_20260506_150642641.jpg?v=1778080067","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/sgned-lean-thinking-by-james-p-womack-1996-hcdj-very-good-rare","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}