The machine that changed the world / James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos.
By: Womack, James P
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Contributor(s): Jones, Daniel T | Roos, Daniel.
Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster, 2007Description: viii, 339 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9781847370556 ; 1847370551 .Subject(s): Automobile industry and trade -- Japan | Production management -- JapanDDC classification: 338.47629222 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.47629222 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 19/04/2024 | 00131929 | |
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 338.47629222 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00152337 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 right. As a result, this reissue of a classic is as insightful and instructive today as when it was first published.
Includes index.
The industry of industries in transition -- The origins of lean production -- The rise and fall of mass production -- The rise of lean production -- The elements of lean production -- Running the factory -- Designing the car -- Coordinating the supply chain -- Dealing with customers -- Managing the lean enterprise -- Diffusing lean production -- Confusion about defusion -- Completing the transition.
CIT Module STAT 6008 - Core reading.
CIT Module MANU 6012 - Supplementary reading
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.Daniel T. Jones is the chairman and founder of the Lean Enterprise Academy (www.leanuk.org), a nonprofit education and research organization based in the UK.