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Following in the tradition of its Shingo Prize-winning predecessors, <strong>Lean Production Simplified, Third Edition</strong> gives a clear overview of the structure and tools of the Lean production system. Written for the practitioner by a practitioner, it delivers a comprehensive insider's view of Lean management.<br /><br /><br /><br />The author helps readers grasp the system as a whole, as well as the factors that animate it, by organizing the book around an image of a <i>house of Lean production</i>. Illustrating the eight kinds of waste, this updated edition of a bestseller: Describes the craft and mass production systems that preceded Lean production--including the contributions of Frederick Winslow Taylor and Henry Ford Explains the concepts of visual management, Five S, and Total Productive Maintenance Addresses just-in-time delivery of parts and products Examines the <i>jidok</i>a principle Covers the nervous system of Lean management, hoshin planning Illustrates the cultu