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The 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
Written by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos
Narrated by Fred Sanders
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The classic, nationally bestselling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors.
When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years later Toyota passed GM as the world’s largest auto maker. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyota’s lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success.
Authors Womack, Jones, and Roos provided a comprehensive description of the entire lean system. They exhaustively documented its advantages over the mass production model pioneered by General Motors and predicted that lean production would eventually triumph. Indeed, they argued that it would triumph not just in manufacturing but in every value-creating activity from health care to retail to distribution.
Today The Machine That Changed the World provides enduring and essential guidance to managers and leaders in every industry seeking to transform traditional enterprises into exemplars of lean success.
When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years later Toyota passed GM as the world’s largest auto maker. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyota’s lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success.
Authors Womack, Jones, and Roos provided a comprehensive description of the entire lean system. They exhaustively documented its advantages over the mass production model pioneered by General Motors and predicted that lean production would eventually triumph. Indeed, they argued that it would triumph not just in manufacturing but in every value-creating activity from health care to retail to distribution.
Today The Machine That Changed the World provides enduring and essential guidance to managers and leaders in every industry seeking to transform traditional enterprises into exemplars of lean success.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
Release dateApr 3, 2018
ISBN9781508256830
Author
James P. Womack
James P. Womack is the president and founder of the Lean Enterprise Institute (www.lean.org), a nonprofit education and research organization based in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Readers find this title to be a fundamental and interesting book about lean manufacturing and its impact on the car industry. The book provides detailed information about the different types of production and highlights the superiority of Lean Manufacturing. Some readers did not enjoy the narrator's voice, but overall, it is considered a great resource for learning about the history and evolution of the car world and the basics of lean manufacturing.
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Nov 9, 2023
The book was very detailed about 3 types of production in the world and how 1 (Lean) is superior to the other 2 (Mass and Craft). The book also points out some of Lean Manufacturing weaknesses. I don't really like the reader. His voice is like Christian Bale in Batman. Somebody give him a glass of water.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Nov 9, 2023
Interesting book about lean and how Toyota changed the industry. Great narrator. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Nov 9, 2023
Great book for anyone wanting to learn the history and evolution of the car world and basics of lean in this industry. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Nov 9, 2023
A fundamental book for the history of business. Now and for the future.