Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

Lean Thinking is a foundational book on Lean methodology that describes an effective approach to management and quality management developed at Toyota after World War II.

Drawing on their experience working with leading companies in the United States, Germany, and Japan, including Pratt & Whitney, Porsche, and Tesco, the authors note that Lean production principles enabled these companies to nearly double productivity and speed up throughput, halve production space, and significantly reduce inventory with virtually no financial losses.

Lean production theory is universal and can be applied to high-tech firms, traditional enterprises, and service organizations alike.

The book is intended primarily for practitioners — middle and senior managers and entrepreneurs — and may also be of interest to students and faculty at economics and business schools.