Lean Books & Reviews

Lean JIT Is Flow
by Hiroyuki Hirano; Makoto Furuya
published by PCS Press (March 2006)
320+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 0971243611

Lean Logistics: The Nuts And Bolts Of Delivering Materials And Goods
by Michel Baudin
published by Productivity Press (February 2005)
380+ pages in hardcover
ISBN: 1563272962

The Lean Office: Collected Practices & Cases (Insights on Implementation)
by Productivity Press
published by Productivity Press (January 2005)
120+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 1563273160

Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated
by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones
published by Free Press (June 2003)
380+ pages in hardcover
ISBN: 0743249275

The Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping For Administrative And Office Processes
by BEAU KEYTE, DREW LOCHER
published by Productivity Press (September 2004)
130+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 1563273012

The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen
by Bunji Tozawa, Norman Bodek
published by PCS Press
370+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 0971243697

My comment:
I've met kaizen when starting to work for japanese company few years ago. Four years after I read the book Quick and Easy Kaizen. I read it twice. The first time I read about 50 pages and then I just went through next 50 and then close the book. Week after I decided to try read again. I read about 120 pages and then went through till page 200 and then close the book.
I think 50 pages book would be enough. But the book has 370 pages, so you read again and again about the same.

The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen (workbook)
by Bunji Tozawa, Norman Bodek
published by PCS Press
260+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 0971243689

My comment:
I did not read this workbook.
It might be useful to buy it together with the primary book.

Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean
by Norman Bodek
published by PCS Press
400+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 0971243662

My comment:
I did not read this book but I want to.
This is the book you should have in your lean library. You will meet the fathers of what we know as Toyota Production System.
"Don't seek perfection. Quick not perfect implementation of you idea is much better than wasting huge time by thinking how to do it perfectly."
Such messages you can find in this book.
You may find useful to read more about kaikaku on discussion page

Value Stream Management
by Don Tapping, Tom Shuker, Tom Luyster
published by Productivity Press Inc
170+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 1563272458

My comment:
Sorry I did not read that book yet. There are 5 stars as an average customers review on Amazon.

Value Stream Management for the Lean Office
by Don Tapping, Tom Shuker
published by Productivity Press Inc
170+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 1563272466

My comment:
Sorry I did not read that book yet. There are 4 stars as an average customers review on Amazon.

A Study of the Toyota Production System from an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint (Produce What Is Needed, When It's Needed)
by Shigeo Shingo
published by Productivity Press Inc; Revised edition (August 1, 1989)
290+ pages in hardcover
ISBN: 0915299178

My comment:
I plan to buy I read this book by Shigeo Shingo, one of the TPS fathers

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
by Taiichi Ono
published by Productivity Press Inc (February 1, 1988)
160+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 0915299143

My comment:
All reviews on Amazon are five stars. Seems to be "must have" book written by one of the TPS fathers.

All You Gotta Do Is Ask
by Chuck Yorke, Norman Bodek
published by PCS Press (February 1, 2005)
260+ pages in paperback
ISBN: 0971243654

My comment:
Read about one piece flow production and conditions you have to set up also on discussion page