The Machine That Changed the World
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The Machine That Changed the World

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The Machine That Changed the World

About this book

When James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos wrote THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD in 1990, Japanese automakers, and Toyota in particular, were making a strong showing by applying the principles of lean production. However, the full power of lean principles was unproven, and they had not been applied outside of the auto industry. Today, the power of lean production has been conclusively proved by Toyota's unparalleled success, and the concepts have been widely applied in many industries. Based on MIT's pioneering global study of industrial competition, THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD offers a groundbreaking analysis of the entire lean business system, including product development, supplier management, sales, service, and production - an analysis even more relevant today as GM and Ford struggle to survive and a wide range of British abd American companies embrace lean production. A new Foreword by the authors brings the story up to date and details how their predictions were right. As a result, this reissue of a classic is as insightful and instructive today as when it was first published.

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780684819921
eBook ISBN
9781847375964
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Colophon
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. FOREWORD 2007. WHY TOYOTA WON: A TALE OF TWO BUSINESS SYSTEMS
  7. BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS BOOK
  8. THE ORIGINS OF LEAN PRODUCTION
  9. THE ELEMENTS OF LEAN PRODUCTION
  10. DIFFUSING LEAN PRODUCTION
  11. EPILOGUE
  12. AFTERWORD 2007. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT LEAN PRODUCTION SINCE 1990
  13. NOTES
  14. APPENDIXES: A INTERNATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE PROGRAM SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
  15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  16. INDEX
  17. ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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