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Daniel T. Jones is an English author and researcher. [1] He won the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence in the Research and Professional Publication category multiple times [2] [3] for his books The Machine that Changed the World, Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Organization and Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream.
Lean manufacturing is a method of manufacturing goods aimed primarily at reducing times within the production system as well as response times from suppliers and customers. It is closely related to another concept called just-in-time manufacturing (JIT manufacturing in short).
The lean startup methodology originates from a combination of ideas such as lean manufacturing, which seeks to increase value-creating practices and eliminate wasteful practices, [13] [3] [14] and Steve Blank's customer development methodology. In 2008, Ries began to document the lean startup methodology on his blog with a post titled "The lean ...
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Like other books by Goldratt and by Cox, The Goal is written as a piece of fiction. The main character is Alex Rogo, who manages a production plant with an uncertain future. [ 4 ] Bill Peach, a company executive, tells Alex that he has three months to turn operations at his plant around from being unprofitable and unreliable to being successful.
The dissemination of lean methods from Japan to the wider world is discussed. This book made the term lean production known worldwide, and is described as a classic [2] [3] or a "mainstay". [4] Business Week described it as "the most readable book on the changes reshaping manufacturing". [5] A revised edition was published in 2007.
The $139 Prime membership is now available for full-time, part-time, and reduced-time front-line workers. Amazon warehouse workers are finally getting free $140 Prime memberships, but corporate ...
Matthew E. May is an American author and business strategist. He is best known for his six books: The Elegant Solution, In Pursuit of Elegance, The Shibumi Strategy, The Laws of Subtraction, Winning the Brain Game, and What a Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable Growth.