womack-jones — Pyrite Knowledge Base

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 source Lean Movement Retrospectives: 25th Anniversary Reflections (2013-2015) source The Term 'Lean Production' Is 25 Years Old: Origin and Retrospective Analysis source Lean Critique Literature: Abstraction, Cultural Context, and Domain Overextension source Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA writing Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together writing From Lean Production to the Lean Enterprise writing Beyond Toyota: How to Root Out Waste and Pursue Perfection writing Triumph of the Lean Production System writing The 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 writing MIT IMVP Research Program (working papers and reports) writing Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation writing Gemba Walks writing Lean Thinking for the NHS (approximate title) writing Lean Consumption writing Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream writing The Future of the Automobile: The Report of MIT's International Automobile Program writing Rethinking Construction: The Report of the Construction Task Force (Egan Report) writing Value (First Lean Principle) concept Lean Production concept Perfection (Fifth Lean Principle) concept The Five Lean Principles concept Lean Consumption concept Value Stream Mapping concept The Lean Enterprise concept Pull (Fourth Lean Principle) concept Flow (Third Lean Principle) concept Value Stream (Second Lean Principle) concept LEI Institution-Building Era: Creating the Global Lean Infrastructure era Lean Codification Era: From Research Findings to Portable Framework era MIT Research Era: The International Motor Vehicle Program era Lean Expansion Era: Beyond Manufacturing to Healthcare, Services, and Knowledge Work era Art Byrne person John Shook person Shigeo Shingo person Daniel Roos person Taiichi Ohno person Daniel T. Jones person Mike Rother person John Krafcik person James P. Womack person José Roberto Ferro person Shingo Institute organization Lean Enterprise Academy organization Lean Global Network organization MIT International Motor Vehicle Program organization Toyota Motor Corporation organization Lean Enterprise Institute organization The Five Principles as Abstraction: Framework vs. Description note What Was Gained and Lost in Translating TPS to Lean note The Lean Transmission Chain: Ohno/Shingo → Womack/Jones → Poppendiecks → Ries note Publication of The Machine That Changed the World event James Womack Founds the Lean Enterprise Institute event Lean Global Network Formally Chartered event Publication of Lean Thinking event MIT IMVP Research Program Begins event Daniel Jones Founds the Lean Enterprise Academy event