Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-334) and index.
Contents
Preface: from lean production to lean enterprise -- Pt.1. Lean principles -- Introduction : lean thinking versus muda -- Value -- The value stream -- Flow -- Pull -- Perfection -- Pt.2. From thinking to action : the lean leap -- The simple case -- A harder case -- The acid test -- Lean thinking versus German technik -- Mighty Toyota; tiny Showa -- An action plan -- Pt.3. Lean enterprise -- A channel for the stream; a valley for the channel -- Dreaming about perfection -- Afterword : the lean network -- Appendix : individuals and organizations who helped -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
