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  • Curious Cat Management Improvement Bookstore Our online bookstore for Management Improvement: Deming's System of Profound Knowledge, System Thinking, Statistics, Continuous Improvement, Lean Thinking, Joy in Work, Customer Focus, Six Sigma, Leadership, Learning Organizations, Quality Management, Innovation and more.
  • Toyota Production System "The Toyota Production System (TPS) was established based on two concepts: The first is called 'jidoka'(which can be loosely translated as "automation with a human touch") which means that when a problem occurs, the equipment stops immediately, preventing defective products from being produced; The second is the concept of 'Just-in-Time,' in which each process produces only what is needed by the next process in a continuous flow."
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  • Superfactory Provides best practice resources, tools, and communities enabling lean manufacturing excellence. A great selection of useful articles are available on the site.
  • Lean Software Engineering "Essays on the Continuous Delivery of High Quality Information Systems - Our purpose in life is to do the right things at the right time in the right order, and then write about it."
  • Panta Rei "A weblog about better ways to make things better." Focused on lean thinking. Translations of Japanese work including Gemba Keiei by Taiichi Ohno.
  • Lean Manufacturing Blog News articles and book reviews on the the Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing, kaizen, kanban and other continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Evolving Excellence "Thoughts on lean enterprise leadership from the editors of Superfactory."
  • Got Boondoggle? This blog provides advice on how to apply lean principles effectively.
  • Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) "technical and business resource created expressly to help small and midsize manufacturers improve productivity and compete more effectively in the global marketplace." Focused on lean manufacturing.
  • Lean Service Consultant with online articles and an email newsletter. Based in the United Kingdom. Focus on systems thinking in the service area.
  • Shmula Covering lean, ToC, agile, operations management and customer obsession (with real amazon examples - where he used to work). Informative and detailed posts.
  • Lean Education Academic Network "a group of academic and industry people interested in bringing lean content into academic programs."
  • Optiprise Consulting firm with Dr. Jeffrey Liker, author of the Toyota Way. The web site inlcudes some useful lean thinking material.
  • Daily Kaizen "This blog is an experiment. We intend to track the journey of a world-class health care system as it continuously improves to serve its members."
  • EPA: Lean Manufacturing and the Environment "Lean manufacturing is a business model and collection of methods that help eliminate waste while delivering quality products on time and at least cost. EPA is interested in finding ways to maximize the environmental benefits of lean."
  • Lean Six Sigma Academy Blog by Ron Pereira: "We hope to share our experiences with other Lean and Six Sigma practitioners throughout the world. We also hope to shed some light on how we believe Lean and Six Sigma can and should work in harmony."
  • TimeBack Management Dan Markovitz is the founder of this consulting firm and author for the excellent blog.
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  • Tutorials - Lean Production / Lean Manufacturing Tutorials on lean thinking, including two online videos by James Womack.
  • Lean Reflections Blog by Karen Wilhelm, editor of the Lean Directions newsletter for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
  • Lean Insider by Ralph Bernstein for Productivity Press: news, research and trends on all things lean.
  • Reforming Project Management Blog with a focus on lean construction and project management by Hal Halmacomber.
  • Lean Printing "Committed to continual improvement of printing and the graphic arts."
  • Total Productive Maintenance Blog A corporate weblog for advancement of TPM and Lean ideas within the American Mitsuba family of companies and suppliers.
  • The Lean Manufacturing Academy in China Mission: To promote for the benefit of the community, Lean/Toyota Production system and related theory and practices, for the purpose of enhancing competitive advantage of organizations in both service and manufacturing sectors...
  • Northwest Lean Networks "provides information about understanding how lean systems work, designing lean systems, and assuring successful lean implementations." Very active email discussion list.
  • Learn Sigma blog by Robert Thompson: "deliberations on business improvement tools, systems and techniques, including lean six sigma and anything else which I think is vaguely relevant"
  • The Lean Thinker "Thoughts and insights from the shop floor."
  • Lean Construction Institute The institute promotes the adoption of lean manufacturing concepts in the construction industry. They also publish the Lean Construction Journal.
  • Kaikaku Lean ideas by Norman Bodek, author of Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean and All You Gotta Do Is Ask.
  • Rubicon Associates Consultant site with focus on lean thinking.
  • Lean Executive Blog Blog by Mark Edmondson and Bill Waddell.
  • Healthcare Performance Partners "HPP educates and trains executives and staffs on the principles of LEAN Healthcare then guides clients throughout the implementation phase so that LEAN becomes a way of life in daily operations." The site also offers several articles on lean thinking as well as a blog.
  • Lean Supermarket Resources needed for lean manufacturing: implementations: 5s, kanban, kaizen, quick changeover... materials.
  • Lean Supermarket Resources needed for lean manufacturing: implementations: 5s, kanban, kaizen, quick changeover... materials.
  • America's 21st "Implements advanced adaptation of the highly successful Toyota Production System, tailored to Western plants. System learned in Japan from Toyota affiliate and developer of system, Aisin Seiki, maker of parts for Toyota"

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  • The Machine That Changed the World The Story of Lean Production by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones (Contributor) and Daniel Roos (Contributor), 1991. Based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology five-million-dollar, fourteen-country International Motor Vehicle Program's five year study on the future of the worldwide auto industry.   buy the hardcover version   buy the audio tape version Audio Tape version of the book
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  • Lean Six Sigma for Service How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions by Michael L. George, 2003. "Lean Six Sigma for Service provides a service-based approach, explaining how companies of all types can cost-effectively translate manufacturing-oriented Lean Six Sigma tools into the service delivery process."    
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  • The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From The World's Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker, 2003. "The Toyota Way, explain's Toyota's unique approach to Lean--the 14 management principles and philosophy that drive Toyota's quality and efficiency-obsessed culture."    
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  • Lean Thinking Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, 2003. Highly Recommended. Exceptional book that should be read by every manger.    
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  • Toyota Production System Beyond Large-Scale Production by Taiichi Ohno, 1988. "Here's the first information ever published in Japan on the Toyota production system (known as Just-In-Time manufacturing). Here Ohno, who created JIT for Toyota, reveals the origins, daring innovations, and ceaseless evolution of the Toyota system    
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  • The Toyota Way Fieldbook a Practical Guide to Implimenting Toyota's 4Ps by Jeffrey Liker and David Meier, 2005. "Valuable insights into Toyota's system and culture along with diagnostic tools, work sheets, and exercises--many adapted directly from Toyota originals."    
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  • Lean Solutions How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones , 2005. "few companies today see consumption as a process -- a series of linked goods and services, all of which must occur seamlessly for the consumer to be satisfied. Buying a home computer, for example, involves researching, purchasing, integrating, maint    
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  • Kaikaku by Norman Bodek, 2004. 2005 Shingo Research Prize: "Bodek captures in clear detail many of the principles and techniques of what we know of today as Lean Manufacturing."    
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