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Lean Thinking explains why many companies struggle to grow sustainably: managers often miss the core of value creation for the customer. The book presents a clear method for defining value, mapping every activity that adds value for a specific product, and flowing that value smoothly to meet customer demand. It illustrates these concepts with real examples and provides a step‑by‑step action plan based on studies of fifty lean companies worldwide, including manufacturers such as Toyota, Porsche, and Pratt & Whitney. For firms already adopting lean, the third part shows how to build a lean enterprise that integrates all value‑creating activities from product conception to delivery, applying the best practices from American, German, and Japanese industrial traditions to any industry.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics/Business Management
Authors: James P. Womack
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