Lean Thinking
by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones · James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones
Womack and Jones set out the five principles of lean production: value, value stream, flow, pull, and perfection. Extended company examples show how manufacturers and service firms used them to remove waste and redesign work around customer-defined value.
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