ABSTRACT

This book is about an actual Lean transformation that took place in a 100-year-old North American manufacturer's factory. Lean Today, Rich Tomorrow: Succeeding in Today's Globalization Chaos tells the story of how an obsolete factory destined for closure was transformed into the most productive North American manufacturer in its field, but this shi

chapter 1|6 pages

Ten Years Later

chapter 2|8 pages

Setting the Challenge

chapter 4|4 pages

Getting the Employees Involved

chapter 5|8 pages

New Layout and Training

chapter 7|12 pages

Organizing the Work

chapter 8|14 pages

Overcoming the Obstacles

chapter 11|14 pages

Putting Kaizen into Practice in the Factory

chapter 12|8 pages

Tour of a Chinese Supplier: A Wake-Up Call

chapter 13|10 pages

End of an Era

chapter 16|12 pages

Tour of World-Class Japanese Factories

chapter 18|6 pages

Toyota’s Troubles