The Machine That Changed the World

Jones, Daniel T.,Roos, Daniel,Womack, James P.

ISBN 10: 1847370551 / ISBN 13: 9781847370556

Published by Simon & Schuster UK, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Machine That Changed the World
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847370551
• ISBN 13: 9781847370556
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

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.