womack-jones

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Intellectual biography of James P. Womack (b. 1948) and Daniel T. Jones — the researchers who coined "Lean" and codified Toyota's methods for Western audiences. Covers the MIT International Motor Vehi

Shingo Prize Awards: Recognition of Womack/Jones Works sourceLean Movement Retrospectives: 25th Anniversary Reflections (2013-2015) sourceThe Term 'Lean Production' Is 25 Years Old: Origin and Retrospective Analysis sourceLean Critique Literature: Abstraction, Cultural Context, and Domain Overextension sourceLearning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA writingLean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together writingFrom Lean Production to the Lean Enterprise writingBeyond Toyota: How to Root Out Waste and Pursue Perfection writingTriumph of the Lean Production System writingThe Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production—Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry writingMIT IMVP Research Program (working papers and reports) writingLean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation writingGemba Walks writingLean Thinking for the NHS (approximate title) writingLean Consumption writingSeeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream writingThe Future of the Automobile: The Report of MIT's International Automobile Program writingRethinking Construction: The Report of the Construction Task Force (Egan Report) writingValue (First Lean Principle) conceptLean Production conceptPerfection (Fifth Lean Principle) conceptThe Five Lean Principles conceptLean Consumption conceptValue Stream Mapping conceptThe Lean Enterprise conceptPull (Fourth Lean Principle) conceptFlow (Third Lean Principle) conceptValue Stream (Second Lean Principle) conceptLEI Institution-Building Era: Creating the Global Lean Infrastructure eraLean Codification Era: From Research Findings to Portable Framework eraMIT Research Era: The International Motor Vehicle Program eraLean Expansion Era: Beyond Manufacturing to Healthcare, Services, and Knowledge Work eraArt Byrne personJohn Shook personShigeo Shingo personDaniel Roos personTaiichi Ohno personDaniel T. Jones personMike Rother personJohn Krafcik personJames P. Womack personJosé Roberto Ferro personShingo Institute organizationLean Enterprise Academy organizationLean Global Network organizationMIT International Motor Vehicle Program organizationToyota Motor Corporation organizationLean Enterprise Institute organizationThe Five Principles as Abstraction: Framework vs. Description noteWhat Was Gained and Lost in Translating TPS to Lean noteThe Lean Transmission Chain: Ohno/Shingo → Womack/Jones → Poppendiecks → Ries notePublication of The Machine That Changed the World eventJames Womack Founds the Lean Enterprise Institute eventLean Global Network Formally Chartered eventPublication of Lean Thinking eventMIT IMVP Research Program Begins eventDaniel Jones Founds the Lean Enterprise Academy event