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The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production (Paperback)

by James P. Womack (Author), Daniel T. Jones (Author), Daniel Roos (Author) "On a sunny afternoon in the fall of 1984, we stood on the granite front steps of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and pondered the..." (more)

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperPaperbacks; 1st HarperPerennial Ed edition (1 Nov 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0060974176
ISBN-13: 978-0060974176
Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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"The fundamentals of this system are applicable to every industry across the globe . . . [and] will have a profound impact on human society--it will truly change the world."-- "New York Times Magazine""A revealing and compellingly readable account of Japan's achievemnt in revolutionizing manufacturing . . . An eye-opener even for those who already knew Japan didn't do it all with robots."-- "Financial Times"The best current book on the changes reshaping manufacturing and the most readable."-- "Business Week

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Examines Japan's innovative, highly successful production methods.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read This Perfect Book, 1 Dec 2003

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Perfect description and analysis of the auto industry and lean production.
I am studying the Operations Management in the university, and this book is in the reading list of the module of Manufacturing Strategy. I spent 4 days to finish it, because I found it was better than the textbook I used----more profound, more in detail, and more interesting for me to read through it. I learn a lot from it that can't be learned from the testbooks.
Maybe the only regret is this book was writen in 1990, so the author can not say something later than that year, which changed a lot since 1990. I hope that I can read the new book concerning the change since 1990, which I think should be published in the year 2005.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent in-depth analysis of the automobile industry., 12 Dec 1998

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In "The Machine That Changed the World", Womack, along with several other individuals, give an analysis of the Automobile Industry within global boundaries. This book was the summarization of a five year, five million dollar study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Analysis was provided for both foreign and domestic automobile manufacturers with an eye toward the future. This book spoke "globally" far earlier than it was hip to speak in such terms, analyzing such foreign automotive powers such as Toyota, with their Toyota Production System, perhaps the greatest example of Lean Manufacturing in the world. For anyone who would like to learn anything about the automobile industry in general, or even further, would like to learn about successful business practices, I highly recommend this text.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Beginners Book, 3 Aug 1999

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This is a great book if you are just taking an interest in the auto industry and would like to gain a simple understanding of lean vs. mass production. Outside of the fact that the author hangs on a few subjects, this book reads very fast.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book on modern management
The best case study on modern management about. Follow it up with Lean Thinking, the sequel.

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