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10 Best Lean Manufacturing Books of All Time

Our goal: Find the best Lean Manufacturing books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

Our process:

  1. Search for "best lean manufacturing books" and study the top 4+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊

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1

Lean Thinking

Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

by James P. Womack

Also recommended by:

Jeff Bezos

2

Learning to See

Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA

by Mike Rother

3

The Machine That Changed the World

The Story of Lean Production

by James P. Womack

4

The Toyota Way

14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

5

Toyota Kata

Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results

by Mike Rother

6

How To Implement Lean Manufacturing

by Lonnie Wilson

7

Kaizen Express

Fundamentals for Your Lean Journey

by Toshiko Narusawa

8

Lean Production Simplified

A Plain-Language Guide to the World's Most Powerful Production System

by Pascal Dennis

9

The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook

A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed

by Michael L. George

10

Toyota Production System

Beyond Large-Scale Production

by Taiichi Ohno

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