Following in the tradition of its Shingo Prize-winning predecessors, Lean Production Simplified, Third Edition 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.

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 ahouse of Lean production. 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 jidoka principle
• Covers the nervous system of Lean management, hoshin planning
• Illustrates the culture of Lean management

This edition deepens and extends the previous edition with case studies on Lean outside the factory—in settings such as health care, IT, finance, design, engineering, and beyond. The case studies are based on personal experience of actual work in organizations generating real results.

Lean Production Simplified, Third Edition covers each of the components of Lean within the context of the Lean production system. The author's straightforward common sense approach makes this book an easily accessible, on-the-floor resource for every team member.

'One of the best books I've read in a long time on the subject of Lean and the Toyota Production System. Don't be fooled by how simplistic some of the author's solutions appear. If properly taught, and then religiously utilized, they will significantly improve your organization. Pascal Dennis is not only a seasoned `Sensei' but a good storyteller as well.'---Steve Pontbriand, senior vice president, Systems Control

'Highly recommended...a quick and light read, although you'll want to stop and let some of the TPS concepts sink in...'---Mark Graban, author, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction

Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota's master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy & Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas, the plant manager. The situations, characters, and plant politics will ring true with many readers.

In a cool, readable style, this highly popular work follows Tom's relationship with Andy Saito, a reclusive retired Toyota guru whom Tom persuades to help save his plant through the teaching of the legendary Toyota Production System (TPS).

On this journey, the reader learns that TPS is more than just a collection of tools; it entails a new way of thinking and behaving. Though Tom finds success --- both in his plant and in his personal life --- he learns from Andy that successful improvement is endless and eternal.

Now includes study questions after each chapter to support your learning and help you tell some of you own stories.

'Lean manufacturing has become a common focus, but its application in other functions like marketing, R&D, and finance has been problematic. The Remedy is teaching us how to cure Big Company Disease by applying Lean across our entire company.'---Dave Faddis, Senior Executive, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

'This is a great addition to the literature and is a quick and engaging read. Pascal uses his deep experience implementing Lean concepts in the workplace, his natural writing skills, and great visuals to bring the story of life and educate us along the way.'---Jeffrey K. Liker, Professor, University of Michigan, and author of the Toyota Way

'The Remedy utilizes storytelling to connect Lean theory with practical application not only at the functional level, but across the barriers of a complex organization. A must-have reference book for all leaders.'---Tom Melsen, Vice President, Personal Care Product Supply, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

'Pascal's ability to translate the challenges of real-world Lean transformations into the written word is uncanny. Building off his previous Lean stories, Getting the Right Things Done and Andy & Me, Pascal gives us all a story we can relate to: how do we `Lean out' enterprise business systems? This work is much more difficult than Leaning out factory-type activity, but the rewards are commensurate with the level of difficulty.'---Allen Vyce, Director, F-35 Change Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

'Pascal has done a masterful job of highlighting one of the most pressing problems facing businesses today-effective application of Lean principles to the `office floor.''---Dave Brule, Sr., President and CEO, Northern Star Industries, Inc.

'In The Remedy, once again Pascal has managed to incorporate great principles into an interesting story. The Implementation Checklist and Study Questions at the end of each chapter are great learning tools.'---Steve Pontbriand, Executive VP and COO, Northern Star Industries, Inc.

'Pascal has a rare ability to boil down complex subjects to their simplest form. Here, he really puts perspective on leadership's role in a Lean organization, and the `water ring model' is a great image for guiding leaders' behavior.'---Jamie Speaker, Co-President, J.W. Speaker Corporation

Are You Wondering How to do more with less by pushing 'Lean thinking' beyond manufacturing into every area of your company? Meet Tom Papas, the hero of Pascal Dennis's enlightening Lean business novel The Remedy. As plant manager for New Jersey Motors Manufacturing (NJMM), Tom has used Lean methodologies and processes to ake his manufacturing operation a bright spot for otherwise limping automaker Taylor Motors. Now Tom has been called to company headquarters near Detroit to meet with Senior Vice President Rachel Armstrong. Will she offer Tom a promotion? Or will the shortsighted CFO J. Ed Morgan cut NJMM to the bone and negate all Tom's hard work?

A powerful story for today's challenging economy, The Remedy doubles as a highly readable playbook for taking your Lean practices into marketing, service, and other parts of the organization where Lean hasn't typically been applied. Bringing back characters from Dennis's Shingo Prize---winning Lean novel Andy & Me, including the reclusive quality sensei Andy Saito, this new tale demonstrates how you can bring Lean processes to your entire enterprise.

Follow Tom, Rachel, and Andy as they embark on a mission to revitalize Taylor Motors in the face of the U.S. auto industry's devastating meltdown.

Do you want to improve your business, but haven't considered Lean processes as a possible approach? The Remedy offers a vibrant, entertaining look at how today's Lean techniques can be applied far beyond the factory floor.