Lean Machines: Learning From the Leaders of the Next Industrial Revolution
Lean production and management systems are transforming the industrial complex. Companies and organizations that adopt lean are out performing their rivals in virtually every measure. Lean is quickly proving to be a superior system over mass production techniques that have not changed since Henry Ford introduced them to the world almost 100 years ago.Lean tools and techniques work, but they require adroit management and buy-in from all levels of an organization, especially the leadership.Manufacturing News Editor Richard McCormack's probing, insightful questions of the leading lean luminaries provide first-hand accounts of what it takes to transform an organization using the common lean tools of building to order and not to a forecast, continuous improvement and the total elimination of waste and inventory.The subjects in "Lean Machines" discuss the journey, the barriers, leadership persistence, skills and knowledge necessary for the long-term success and survival of their organizations.