The Machine That Changed the World; The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in th...
ISBN: 9780743299794 | 0743299795
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Pub. Date: 3/13/2007
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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 ... MORE
| 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 | |
| Coordi... MORE | |
| 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 | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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