Lean Thinking - James Womack & Daniel Jones

If you have decided to explore Lean Manufacturing further, “Lean Thinking” is the seminal tract to read. “Lean Thinking” and its predecessor “The Machine That Changed the World” are the books that made Lean concepts known worldwide.

Womack and Jones explore the various ideas and theory that make up Lean thought. Lean thinking to help managers clearly specify value, to line up all the value-creating activities for a specific product along a value stream and to make value flow smoothly at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection.

They further make the argument for the next stage – the Lean Enterprise. Where lean techniques can be applied to all areas of the enterprise, not just production.