books by Productivity Press     books:     Productivity Press      The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process And Technology James M. Morgan, Jeffrey K. Liker Productivity Press, 2006 Best book about Toyota PD This is the third book I've read about Toyota and by far the best one. I'm an engineering manager and found dozens of simple, new ideas in this book. This is a very thorough & practical guide to the inside workings of Toyota's PD system. There are many examples and ...             Creating a Lean Culture: Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions David Mann Productivity Press, 2005 Great reference on real lean This book fills an essential gap between Liker's Toyota Way and the many books on Lean Tools. We intentionally didn't begin our lean transformation in our large service orgnization until we had this book because we saw the folly in trying to implement a bunch of ...             The Basics of Process Mapping Robert Damelio Productivity Press, 1996 Simple, efficient, effective, right on target! This book is rather for beginners in process mapping. It is clear extremely well focused, and effective. I got the information I needed in less than two hours of pleasant lecture. No dumb explanations about obvious real life examples covering more than 60% of the ...             Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System Durward K. Sobek II., Art Smalley Productivity Press, 2008 Excellent Summary of A3 Thinking I finally got my copy of this book in the mail last week. I guess it is sold out and hard to obtain at any site. I'm glad to finally have mine. Given some of the comments above I'm guessing there was either a delay at the publishers or they simply did not anticipate ...             5S for Operators: 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace (For Your Organization!) Productivity Press, 1996 Excellent book for implementing 5S Very easy reading within a few hours. It covers all the 5S in a simple practical way with excellent examples. Shows a lot of pictures that help visualizing work area before and after 5S. I recommend strongly this book. Eleven plants in the comapny i work for are using ...             Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production Taiichi Ohno Productivity Press, 1988 Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno. I was going to give this book four stars, but I was going to be unfair with it. This is not a guide to create a lean enterprise, it was not meant to be one and I was going to judge it as if it was. This is a great introduction to the Toyota Production System and ...             Practical Lean Accounting: A Proven System for Measuring and Managing the Lean Enterpise Brian H. Maskell, Bruce Baggaley Productivity Press, 2003 Who' Counting & Practical Lean Accounting: 1+1>2 "Who's Counting" and "Practical Lean Accounting" are two great books on lean accounting. I wondered some time ago, which one to read and I am glad that I could not decide, so I bought and read them both. They complement each other extremely well and each one conveys ...             The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Administrative and Office Processes Beau Keyte, Drew Locher Productivity Press, 2004 Lean Administration This is an excellent resource for office staff wanting to value stream map their work. Its written in a clear no nonsense style with ideas you can put into practice immediately. I like the insider 'Lean Note' every so often providing hits and ideas you would only ...             Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction Mark Graban Productivity Press, 2008 Best Lean Book for Health Care I have been reading Lean for a year since I came across it in my MBA program. In my opinion, it is the very best way to fix what ails hospitals. I have visited two of the leaders in the field including Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle and a ThedaCare Lean event in ...             Lean Production Simplified Dennis Pascal Productivity Press, 2007 Best Lean Book for Breadth of Knowledge I've read many of the more popular lean books (see our other reviews), and have been doing lean full-time since 2000. In my view this book has the best, most complete field of view of them all, touching on several concepts that get no attention in any other lean ...             Value Stream Management Don Tapping, Tom Luyster, ... Productivity Press, 2002 Good primer I use this book in my lean manufacturing class. It has good practical examples and a useful method for doing lean using the value stream mapping approach. I highly receommend this book for the first timers. I think someone who has no experience could get started using ...             5S FOR THE OFFICE: Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste Thomas Fabrizio, Don Tapping Productivity Press, 2006 5S: Not Just for Manufacturing Anymore! After going through a typical 5S/Lean orientation at work, I became frustrated that all of the examples of how to implement the system were geared towards manufacturing and warehouse work. I couldn't understand why the typical office worker should care about 5S or ...             Flow in the Office: Implementing and Sustaining Lean Improvements Carlos Venegas Productivity Press, 2007 Excellent Lean Addition to your Library There aren't many good books that show you how to practially implement lean in the office. Most are based on theories, or just tell you the principles are the same. They are of course, but this book is very useful especially if you are trying to convince reluctant ...             Standard Work for the Shopfloor (Shopfloor Series) Productivity Press, 2002 great book Very useful for the the line of the work of the manufacturing process. I enjoyed reading it and utlize in my job.             Henry Ford Today and Tomorrow - Special Edition of Ford's 1926 Classic Henry Ford Productivity Press, 1988 The book that inspired Taiichi Ohno This is an outstanding book for those folks in manufacturing who are starting out on their "Lean" journey. The book teaches the uninitiated an original thinker's way of recognizing "waste" in manufacturing, and often, how to deal with that waste. 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