Lean Thinking, Second Edition

Contents

Preface to the 2003 Edition

Preface to the First Edition: From Lean Production to Lean Enterprise

PART I: LEAN PRINCIPLES

Introduction: Lean Thinking versus Muda

1. Value

2. The Value Stream

3. Flow

4. Pull

5. Perfection

PART II: FROM THINKING TO ACTION: THE LEAN LEAP

6. The Simple Case

7. A Harder Case

8. The Acid Test

9. Lean Thinking versus German Technik

10. Mighty Toyota; Tiny Showa

11. An Action Plan

PART III: LEAN ENTERPRISE

12. A Channel for the Stream; a Valley for the Channel

13. Dreaming About Perfection

PART IV: EPILOGUE

14. The Steady Advance of Lean Thinking

15. Institutionalizing the Revolution

Afterword: The Lean Network

Appendix: Individuals and Organizations Who Helped

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index