One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way47 reviews Robert Maurer Workman Publishing Company, 2004 One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way + Quick read, lots of business examples, clear instructions + Truly life changing! + outdabox             The Toyota Way83 reviews Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill, 2003 To understand this company's success, first understand its DNA + Book Purchase + Toyota Production System Requires Stamina at the Top + Operational excellence as a strategic weapon + Great Book on tape             Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions22 reviews Michael L. George McGraw-Hill, 2003 Very good book! + A 'not for dummies' product + Good but not great + Very good book             Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management7 reviews Taiichi Ohno Gemba Press, 2007 Maybe better than "Toyota Production System" + An afternoon with the Lean Mastermind + This book made me think... + Excellent, futher evidence why lean is so hard to copy + Not suitable for beginners             The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments Karen Martin, Mike Osterling Productivity Press, 2007 The Kaizen Event Planner is a practical, how-to guide for planning and executing Kaizen Events in non-manufacturing settings, and conducting post-Event follow-up to sustain the changes made. Geared to continuous improvement professionals and leadership within the office areas of manufacturing, the service sector and knowledge-worker environments, this book provides the methodology and practical ...             Lean Office Demystified10 reviews Don Tapping, Anne Dunn MCS Media, Inc., 2006 A Good, Solid Lean Office Book + LEAN OFFICE IS DEMYSTIFIED + Lean Admistration That Got Me Started + Lean Office is Demystified + Office Lean I Understood             The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed27 reviews Michael L. George, John Maxey, ... McGraw-Hill, 2004 A quick refresher of Lean Six Sigma elements + Excellent Quick Reference for Lean Six Sigma Tools + A Concise Reference Book for Quick Review + Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook + Six Sigma (etc) tools Handy Desk Ref             Toyota Talent10 reviews Jeffrey Liker, David Meier McGraw-Hill, 2007 Great Condition + Addresses A Major Component of Toyota's Success + Toyota Talent - An excellent book to read! + Excellent description of Toyota's training method             Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions11 reviews David Mann Productivity Press, 2005 Great reference on real lean + Right Up There With 'Lean Thinking' + The best functional guide to lean + Excellent Start for Culture Change + Great starting point when creating a lean environment             Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System6 reviews Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley Productivity Press, 2008 Excellent Summary of A3 Thinking + Great guideline + A3 for Purist's + A3 Thinking, Sobek and Smalley hit it right on the head when they state that it's all about the substance over form,             The Six Sigma Handbook: The Complete Guide for Greenbelts, Blackbelts, and Managers at All Levels, Revised ...29 reviews Thomas Pyzdek McGraw-Hill, 2003 "Six Sigma: The Complete Guide..." Well worth the money! + It's The Definitive Textbook On The Topic + Familiarity + One of the Best Books on Six Sigma + Six Sigma Handbook             The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road28 reviews Jamie Flinchbaugh, Andy Carlino Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2005 I needed this twelve months ago... + Book about thinking, not the tools of lean. + The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road + Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean - great read             The Lean Manufacturing Pocket Handbook15 reviews Kenneth W. Dailey DW Publishing, 2003 Handy Reference, Perfect for Training Seminar + Want to improve your manufacturing processes and obtain excellent results? ¿Quiere mejorar sus procesos de manufactura? + The Lean Manufacturing Handbook If I had to give a 1-2 day seminar on the subject, this would be a handy handbook. For that purpose, it should be used, not as a general reference on lean manufacturing. If this review was helpful, please add your vote. Thanks.             The Toyota Way Fieldbook27 reviews Jeffrey Liker, David Meier McGraw-Hill, 2005 The most important 'lean' book. + Great "How To" Book for introducing TPS in a company + Deeper understanding of Toyota Way + Spectacular + Excellent Training / Front-Line Leader Resource             Creating the Ultimate Lean Office: A Zero-Waste Environment with Process Automation3 reviews Raymond S. Louis Productivity Press, 2007 Great reference for Lean office + Excellent book!! + Lean Office Techniques This book opens a whole new powerful path to creating a lean office. It is not about trying to manipulate and adapt shop floor techniques to the office but rather about a simplistic team based approach in creating lean processes. The methods keep lean simple and straightforward. If I had ...             How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company3 reviews David Magee Portfolio Hardcover, 2007 Lessons to be learned from "a self-regenerating internally combustive enterprise" + A good presentation of Toyota's core principles and its production system Several years ago when explaining the success of Southwest Airlines, then CEO Herb Kelleher observed that "the intangibles are far more important than the tangibles in the competitive world because, obviously, you can replicate the tangibles. You can get the same airplane. You can get the same ...             Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation50 reviews James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones Simon & Schuster, 1996 Very readable look at "Lean Thinking" + Lean principles & theory... this is not a guide or handbook + Becoming Lean and Mean! + A classic, must read + Eye-opening!             Six Sigma and Minitab: A complete toolbox guide for all Six Sigma practitioners (2nd edition)25 reviews Quentin Brook QSB Consulting, 2006 Outstanding Reference Text + Great book for Belts (or anybody) + Good Book on Minitab for Green Belts I have been a Lean Six Sigma practitioner for over 12 years (MBB since 1995) and this is by far the best reference text I have found. Highly recommended regardless of level of skill or position in the organization.             The Six Sigma Project Planner : A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading a Six Sigma Project Through DMAIC1 review Thomas Pyzdek McGraw-Hill, 2003 A little bit dissapointed I expected more from this book. I pick "Six Sigma and Minitab: A complete toolbox guide for all Six Sigma practitioners (2nd edition) [Spiral-bound] By: Quentin Stephen Brook" as Best in Class to lead, guide an track Six Sigma Projects.             Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production19 reviews Taiichi Ohno Productivity Press, 1988 Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno. + ... + Toyota Production System + Toyota Production System