Daniel Roos, Ph.D., is director of the International Motor Vehicle Program at MIT. James P. Womack, Ph.D., is
the research director of the program, and Daniel T. Jones is the program's European research director.
Review
"The fundamentals of this system are applicable to every industry across the globe . . . [and] will have
a profound impact on human society--it will truly change the world."
-- New York Times Magazine
"A revealing and compellingly readable account of Japan's achievemnt in revolutionizing manufacturing .
. . An eye-opener even for those who already knew Japan didn't do it all with robots."
-- Financial Times
"The best current book on the changes reshaping manufacturing and the most readable."
-- Business Week
Submitted by Publishers, July, 2001
Summary
Based on MIT's five-million-dollar, five-year study on the future of the automobile, three directors of research
deliver a groundbreaking analysis of the worldwide move from mass production to lean production. The authors explain
lean production and reveal how it works, why it results in more cost-efficient products, and its significant global
impact.
Based upon MIT's five-million-dollar, five-year study on the future of the automobile, a groundbreaking analysis
of the worldwide move from mass production to lean production.
"The fundamentals of this system are applicable to every industry across the globe. . . [and] will have
a profound impact on human society--it will truly change the world. "
