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BL
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704131
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b526320
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Womack, James P.
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| Title & Author
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Lean thinking : : banish waste and create wealth in your corporation /\ James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Free Press ed., rev. and updated.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Free Press,, c2003.
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396 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0743231643
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: 0743249275
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: 9780743231640
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: 9780743249270
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-375) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface: from lean producation to lean enterprise -- Preface to the 2003 edition -- pt. 1. Lean principles -- Introduction: lean thinking versus muda -- Value -- The value stream -- Flow -- Pull -- Perfection -- pt. 2. From thinking to action: the lean leap -- The simple case -- A harder case -- The acid test -- Lean thinking versus German technik -- Mighty Toyota; tiny showa -- An action plan -- pt. 3. Lean enterprise -- A channel for the stream; a valley for the channel -- Dreaming about perfection -- pt. 4. Epilogue -- The steady advance of lean thinking -- Institutionalizing the revolution -- Afterword: the lean network -- Appendix: individuals and organizations who helped -- Glossary -- Notes. -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Offers insight into how to implement an efficiency system and cost-cutting strategies that are based on what customers really want, outlining a process of creating value, explaining how to identify and remove unnecessary steps, and making suggestions on how to reduce lead time.
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Industrial efficiency.
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Lean manufacturing.
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Organizational effectiveness.
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Value added.
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Cost Control.
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Efficiency, Organizational.
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Industry-- organization administration.
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Organizational Culture.
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Jones, Daniel T.
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