20 Best Books On Lean (2023 Update)

Take charge and engage your enterprise in a lean transformation have you thought about using lean in your business or organization, but are not really sure how to implement it? or perhaps you're already using lean, but you need to get up to speed. lean for dummies shows you how to do more with less and create an enterprise that embraces change. in plain-english, this friendly guide explores the general overview of lean, how flow and the value stream works, and the best ways to apply lean to your enterprise. this revised edition includes the latest tools, advice, and information that can be used by everyone — from major corporations to small business, from non-profits and hospitals to manufacturers and service corporations. in addition, it takes a look at the successes and failures of earlier lean pioneers — including toyota, the inventors of lean — and offer case studies and hands-on advice. the latest on the six sigma and lean movements the role of technology and the expanding lean toolbox case studies enhance the material lean for dummies gives today's business owners and upper level management in companies of all sizes and in all industries, the tools and information they need to streamline process and operate more efficiently.

Soft cover. very good. 8vo – over 7 – 9" tall. a bit of wear on the cover interior clean and unmarked. 2 second lean will flip your world right-side up. it's a practical way to improve your life every day by making a simple 2 second improvement. join author business expert radio show host and international speaker paul a. akers as he takes you on a lean journey that will transform every aspect your life. from your home to the office.

"how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically succesful businesses" test your ideas before you bet the bank on them. don''t listen to what focus groups say; watch what your customers do. start with a modest offering and build on the aspects of it that prove valuable. expect to get it wrong and stay flexible and solvent enough to try again and again until you get it right.

In leading lean by living lean, philip holt details and explains what is probably the most important part of becoming a lean leader — living and practicing what you preach. to do this you must believe in what you're doing, understand what it means and what you need to do, and do it every day. the author, through his engineering background, has fully embraced the plan-do-check-act (pdca) model of deming / shewhart but has adapted david bovis' believe-think-feel-act (btfa) model to understand why logic and facts are very often not the principal players in the game of change. in this book, holt author describes how you can take both the pdca and btfa models into account and has sectioned the book into three prime parts: 1. head — how you learn and understand the lean principles and their application. 2. hands — how you practice lean leadership daily. 3. heart — how you internalize and believe in lean leadership. through this book, you, the lean practitioner, whether aspiring or experienced, will have everything that you need to "lead it," "do it," and "live it." the nature of this book is more "why to" than "how to" – the author knows that he cannot tell you how to lead, do, or live lean; he can only explain why it is so important and share his knowledge, experiences, failures, and successes. this book isn't so much a self-help book as a self-reflection book and it can point you in the proper direction, but… the book won't change you; only you can change you! essentially, with this book, the author wants those who think of lean as a toolkit, who believe that lean can be project managed, or who argue about lean versus six sigma and misunderstand the fundamental depth of impact that true lean leadership has on an organization to be disabused of any or all of those notions. this book is aimed at those leaders who seek to experience the full transformative effects of lean in their organizations and want to practice it at the principle level of deployment. holt's aim is to help business leaders enhance who they are by changing what they do and the way that they do it

The new edition of this shingo prize-winning bestseller explains how to implement a lean transformation that works by developing a culture that builds success from the top down and the bottom up at the same time. this edition provides expanded coverage of executive responsibilities, 20 new case studies, and new examples from the healthcare and process industries. a must-read for any leader undergoing or considering a lean transformation, this edition also includes expanded coverage of lean management applications in complex cross functional value stream process improvement projects.

Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century.expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes the mass production system of ford, the financial control system of sloan, and the strategic system of welch and ge. it is based on the toyota (lean) model, which combines operational excellence with value-based strategies to produce steady growth through a wide range of economic conditions. in contrast with the crash-and-burn performance of companies trumpeted by business gurus in the 1990s, the firms profiled in lean thinking — from tiny lantech to midsized wiremold to niche producer porsche to gigantic pratt & whitney — have kept on keeping on, largely unnoticed, along a steady upward path through the market turbulence and crushed dreams of the early twenty-first century. meanwhile, the leader in lean thinking — toyota — has set its sights on leadership of the global motor vehicle industry in this decade. instead of constantly reinventing business models, lean thinkers go back to basics by asking what the customer really perceives as value. (it's often not at all what existing organizations and assets would suggest.) the next step is to line up value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream while eliminating activities (usually the majority) that don't add value. then the lean thinker creates a flow condition in which the design and the product advance smoothly and rapidly at the pull of the customer (rather than the push of the producer). finally, as flow and pull are implemented, the lean thinker speeds up the cycle of improvement in pursuit of perfection. the first part of this book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples. lean thinking clearly demonstrates that these simple ideas can breathe new life into any company in any industry in any country. but most managers 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 more than fifty lean companies in a wide range of industries across the world. even those readers who believe they have embraced lean thinking will discover in part iii that another dramatic leap is possible by creating an extended lean enterprise for each of their product families that tightly links value-creating activities from raw materials to customer. in part iv, an epilogue to the original edition, the story of lean thinking is brought up-to-date with an enhanced action plan based on the experiences of a range of lean firms since the original publication of lean thinking. lean thinking does not provide a new management "program" for the one-minute manager. instead, it offers a new method of thinking, of being, and, above all, of doing for the serious long-term manager — a method that is changing the world.

Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century.expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes the mass production system of ford, the financial control system of sloan, and the strategic system of welch and ge. it is based on the toyota (lean) model, which combines operational excellence with value-based strategies to produce steady growth through a wide range of economic conditions. in contrast with the crash-and-burn performance of companies trumpeted by business gurus in the 1990s, the firms profiled in lean thinking — from tiny lantech to midsized wiremold to niche producer porsche to gigantic pratt & whitney — have kept on keeping on, largely unnoticed, along a steady upward path through the market turbulence and crushed dreams of the early twenty-first century. meanwhile, the leader in lean thinking — toyota — has set its sights on leadership of the global motor vehicle industry in this decade. instead of constantly reinventing business models, lean thinkers go back to basics by asking what the customer really perceives as value. (it's often not at all what existing organizations and assets would suggest.) the next step is to line up value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream while eliminating activities (usually the majority) that don't add value. then the lean thinker creates a flow condition in which the design and the product advance smoothly and rapidly at the pull of the customer (rather than the push of the producer). finally, as flow and pull are implemented, the lean thinker speeds up the cycle of improvement in pursuit of perfection. the first part of this book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples. lean thinking clearly demonstrates that these simple ideas can breathe new life into any company in any industry in any country. but most managers 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 more than fifty lean companies in a wide range of industries across the world. even those readers who believe they have embraced lean thinking will discover in part iii that another dramatic leap is possible by creating an extended lean enterprise for each of their product families that tightly links value-creating activities from raw materials to customer. in part iv, an epilogue to the original edition, the story of lean thinking is brought up-to-date with an enhanced action plan based on the experiences of a range of lean firms since the original publication of lean thinking. lean thinking does not provide a new management "program" for the one-minute manager. instead, it offers a new method of thinking, of being, and, above all, of doing for the serious long-term manager — a method that is changing the world.

Expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century.expanded, updated, and more relevant than ever, this bestselling business classic by two internationally renowned management analysts describes a business system for the twenty-first century that supersedes the mass production system of ford, the financial control system of sloan, and the strategic system of welch and ge. it is based on the toyota (lean) model, which combines operational excellence with value-based strategies to produce steady growth through a wide range of economic conditions. in contrast with the crash-and-burn performance of companies trumpeted by business gurus in the 1990s, the firms profiled in lean thinking — from tiny lantech to midsized wiremold to niche producer porsche to gigantic pratt & whitney — have kept on keeping on, largely unnoticed, along a steady upward path through the market turbulence and crushed dreams of the early twenty-first century. meanwhile, the leader in lean thinking — toyota — has set its sights on leadership of the global motor vehicle industry in this decade. instead of constantly reinventing business models, lean thinkers go back to basics by asking what the customer really perceives as value. (it's often not at all what existing organizations and assets would suggest.) the next step is to line up value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream while eliminating activities (usually the majority) that don't add value. then the lean thinker creates a flow condition in which the design and the product advance smoothly and rapidly at the pull of the customer (rather than the push of the producer). finally, as flow and pull are implemented, the lean thinker speeds up the cycle of improvement in pursuit of perfection. the first part of this book describes each of these concepts and makes them come alive with striking examples. lean thinking clearly demonstrates that these simple ideas can breathe new life into any company in any industry in any country. but most managers 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 more than fifty lean companies in a wide range of industries across the world. even those readers who believe they have embraced lean thinking will discover in part iii that another dramatic leap is possible by creating an extended lean enterprise for each of their product families that tightly links value-creating activities from raw materials to customer. in part iv, an epilogue to the original edition, the story of lean thinking is brought up-to-date with an enhanced action plan based on the experiences of a range of lean firms since the original publication of lean thinking. lean thinking does not provide a new management "program" for the one-minute manager. instead, it offers a new method of thinking, of being, and, above all, of doing for the serious long-term manager — a method that is changing the world.

'the lean toolbox 4th edition, the essential guide to lean transformation' is written for practitioners and for students, and is the extensively revised version of the best selling 'the new lean toolbox'. the book has sections on the philosophy of lean, value and waste, transformation frameworks, deployment, preparing for flow, mapping, layout and cell design, scheduling, toc, quality, improvement, managing change, sustainability, new product development, the lean supply chain, and accounting and measurement.

'the lean toolbox 4th edition, the essential guide to lean transformation' is written for practitioners and for students, and is the extensively revised version of the best selling 'the new lean toolbox'. the book has sections on the philosophy of lean, value and waste, transformation frameworks, deployment, preparing for flow, mapping, layout and cell design, scheduling, toc, quality, improvement, managing change, sustainability, new product development, the lean supply chain, and accounting and measurement.

A new sixth edition is available from january 2023. an e book of this (fifth) edition is available.this is the fifth edition of what has become a standard bestselling text on the tools, systems, and principles of lean manufacturing and lean operations. the lean toolbox covers lean philosophy, the science of lean, improvement, change, strategy, flow, mapping, scheduling, layout, quality, product development, supply chain, lean accounting, and lean beyond the factory floor. it is aimed at managers and practitioners. previous editions were known for their concise style and wide coverage. over 110,000 copies of the previous editions were sold. the last edition was recommended by apics for their international cpim (certified in production and operations management) examinations. the book is prescribed by several universities in uk, usa, south africa, denmark. the 4th edition remained on amazon.co.uk's top 10 on manufacturing for 5 years. this is a complete revision and update including 40 additional pages.

Most new products fail. the lean startup movement has contributed new and valuable ideas about product development and has generated lots of excitement. however, many companies have yet to successfully adopt lean thinking. despite their enthusiasm and familiarity with the high-level concepts, many teams run into challenges trying to adopt lean because they feel like they lack specific guidance on what exactly they should be doing. if you are interested in lean startup principles and want to apply them to develop winning products, this book is for you. this book describes the lean product process: a repeatable, easy-to-follow methodology for iterating your way to product-market fit. as a hands-on consultant, he refined and applied the advice in this book as he helped many companies improve their product process and build great products. his clients include facebook, box, hightail, epocrates, and medallia. entrepreneurs, executives, product managers, designers, developers, marketers, analysts and anyone who is passionate about building great products will find the lean product playbook an indispensable, hands-on resource.

If you’re involved with a startup, analytics help you find your way to the right product and market before the money runs out. but with a flood of information available, where do you start? this book shows you what to measure, how to analyze it, and how to report it, whether you’re evaluating your business model, testing new features, enticing investors, or reporting progress to advisers. written by alistair croll (founder of coradiant) and ben yoskovitz (co-founder of year one labs), lean analytics lays out practical, proven steps to take your startup from initial idea to product/market fit and beyond. examples and case studies show entrepreneurs and intrapreneneurs (entrepreneurs inside larger organizations) how to identify and measure a startup’s single most important metric, and how to iterate until you get it right. while the authors primarily cover technology startups, their lessons can be applied far beyond the web. even traditional businesses are embracing a lean, learn-first approach, as demonstrated by owners of a san francisco deli that used a temporary "pop-up" method to optimize their menu and operations before launching a permanent restaurant.

In the current climate attention has refocused on lean production. while books have looked at the principles of lean production and techniques, this book from mckinsey & company, the world's most influential management consultancy, provides a unique approach, which is holistic in nature and argues that lean must be central to the strategy and mindset of the company or organization. it will be the most comprehensive book on the tangible and intangible aspects of lean transformation with a complete overview of how organizations should embark upon this arising from the cutting edge work done by the authors with leading companies worldwide.

2020 axiom business book awards bronze medal winner lean organisations seem to work in a simple manner and operate with an innate calmness. they have removed much of the complexity that inhibits the performance of other companies, but achieving this level of simplicity is not easy. in the simplicity of lean, philip holt provides a comprehensive handbook of the lean principles, presented in an accessible and easy to apply manner. the simplicity of lean is a step-by-step guide to the lean thinking that makes your organisation more efficient and effective. the book offers the necessary context of how to apply lean thinking to make your lean transformation successful. alongside the theory and the practical application of lean, philip also shares his personal insights and experiences, as well as individual success stories (and failures) from various lean leaders from across the world. the simplicity of lean is the perfect guide to make your lean journey a resounding success. philip holt is senior vice president, global transformation, at gkn aerospace and a board member of the operational excellence society. he studied engineering at manchester metropolitan university and management at the wharton school of pennsylvania and the university of warwick, was an engineer at gillette and led the lean deployment worldwide at philips for over twelve years. he achieved lean master status and has summarised his 30+ years of experience and insights into lean leadership in his previous book leading with lean and his most recent book, the simplicity of lean.

The missing link to toyota-style success—lean leadershipwinner of the 2012 shingo research and professional publications award “this great book reveals the secret ingredient to lean success: lean leadership. not only is it a pleasure to read, but it is also deep and enlightening. this book is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in lean: it’s both an eye opener and a game changer.”—michael ballé, ph.d., coauthor of the gold mine and the lean manager “this will immediately be recognized as the most important book ever published to understand and guide ‘true north lean’ and the goal of perpetual business excellence.”—ross e. robson, president and ceo, dnr lean, llc, and the original director of the shingo prize “an excellent book that will shape leadership development for decades to come.”—karen martin, principal, karen martin & associates, and author of the kaizen event planner about the book: toyota. the name signifies greatness— world-class cars and game-changing business thinking. one key to the toyota motor company’s unprecedented success is its famous production system and its lesser-known product development program. these strategies consider the end user at every turn and have become the model for the global lean business movement. all too often, organizations adopting lean miss the most critical ingredient—lean leadership. toyota makes enormous investments in carefully selecting and intensively developing leaders who fit its unique philosophy and culture. thanks to the company’s lean leadership approach, explains toyota way author jeffrey liker and former toyota executive gary convis, the celebrated carmaker has set into motion a drive for continuous improvement at all levels of its business. this has allowed for: constant growth: toyota increased profitability for 58 consecutive years—slowing down only in the face of 2008’s worldwide financial difficulties, the recall crisis, and the worst japanese earthquake of the century. strong branding and respect: toyota’s reputation was instrumental in the company’s ability to withstand the recalls-driven media storm of 2010. perhaps the toyota culture had weakened, but lean leadership was the beacon that showed the way back. in fact, writes liker, the company is “as good and perhaps a better model for lean leadership than it ever has been.” of innovation and growth. yet, industry week reports that just 2 percent of companies using lean processes can likewise claim to have had long-term success. what the other 98 percent lack is unified leadership with a common method and philosophy. if you want to get lean, you have to take it to the leadership level. the toyota way to lean leadership shows you how.

Art byrnehas been implementing lean strategy in various us based manufacturing companies for over 20 years. he has always done this from the position of president, ceo or chairman of these organizations and as a result brings a unique perspective on the thinking and approach needed to make this successful. art and the company he ran for 11 years, the wiremold company, have been written up in a number of books on the subject of lean includinglean thinkingby womack and jones andbetter thinking, better resultsby bob emiliani [a detailed story about implementing lean strategy at the wiremold company]. for the past two years art has been an operating partner at j. w. childs associates l. p., a boston based private equity firm. in this role he has been implementing lean in the various j. w. childs' portfolio companies often from the position of chairman or director. prior to joining j. w. childs, art was the president, ceo and chairman of the wiremold company where over the course of eight years he was able, through the implementation of lean strategy to more than quadruple the companies size, increase operating earnings over 13 times and take a company valued at approximately $30 million when he arrived and successfully sell it for $770 million.prior to joining wiremold, art served as group executive for the danaher corporation where he initiated lean management and got the company moving down the lean path to what is now the highly acclaimed danaher business system. prior to joining danaher art ran several businesses for the general electric company and was in fact one of the first practitioners of lean at ge.

Following in the tradition of its shingo prize-winning predecessors lean production simplified third edition gives a clear overview of the structure and tools of the lean production system. written for the practitioner by a practitioner it delivers a comprehensive insider's view of lean management. the author helps readers grasp the system as a whole as well as the factors that animate it by organizing the book around an image of a house of lean production. the case studies are based on personal experience of actual work in organizations generating real results. lean production simplified third edition covers each of the components of lean within the context of the lean production system. the author's straightforward common sense approach makes this book an easily accessible on-the-floor resource for every team member.

The instant new york times bestsellereat clean, get lean! dr. ian wrote clean & lean to put what he knows about nutrition and physiology in one place, and to motivate you to:–use intermittent fasting to discover your optimal eating times each day–explore clean eating with 30 (!) fresh, real foods that you can combine endlessly for meals and snacks–try his day-by-day 30-day diet plan that tells you just what to eat, while still giving you loads of options–get up and move: customized exercise plans for all fitness levels won’t wear you out, but will energize you and accelerate your results–take off up to 15 pounds in 30 days!

Combining the leading improvement methods of six sigma and lean, this winning technique drives performance to the next level. lean six sigma for dummies outlines the key concepts of this strategy in plain english and explains how you can use it to get the very best out of your business.