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10 Best Lean Manufacturing Books

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

Method:

  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 here.

10 Best Lean Manufacturing Books

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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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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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