Curious Cat Management: Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing

Curious Cat Management Improvement Library - Lean Thinking

• A Lean Walk Through History by Jim Womack
• Role of Management in a Lean Manufacturing Environment by Gary Convis
• The Lion of Lean: An Interview with James Womack by Francis J. Quinn
• How To Compare Six Sigma, Lean and the Theory of Constraints by Dave Nave,
• Lean Six Sigma - A Perspective by Norman Bodek
• Eliminating Complexity from Work: Improving Productivity by Enhancing Quality by Tim Fuller
• Teaching the Big Box New Tricks by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
• Lean Software Development by Mary Poppendieck
• More Lean Thinking articles

Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing Blogs

• Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog
• Panta Rei
• Evolving Excellence
• Lean Blog
• Got Boondoggle
• Daily Kaizen
• Management Blog Directory

Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing Books

• Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
• Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production by Taiichi Ohno
• A Revolution in Manufacturing: The Smed System by Shigeo Shingo
• Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
• The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From The World's Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker
• Kaikaku by Norman Bodek
• Rebirth of American Industry by William H. Waddell and Norman Bodek
• A Study of the Toyota Production System: from an Industrial Engineering by Shigeo Shingo
• The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones (Contributor) and Daniel Roos

Companies famous for managing with lean thinking

• Toyota
• Tesco

Lean Solutions by Jim Womack and Dan Jones